§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will provide for 1979 and the first three quarters of 1980 figures corresponding to those circulated in the Official Report on 27 November 1979 in reply to a question from the hon. Member for Grimsby concerning output, and output per person employed.
§ Mr. BiffenThe second quarter 1980 is the latest date for which figures are available. Index numbers for manufacturing industries are published in the Employment Gazette and the Monthly Digest of Statistics and two of the series required can be derived from there.
The other information requested—including improved series corresponding to those previously supplied—is shown in the table below:
United Kingdom Whole economy other than extraction of petroleum and natural gas and manufacturing industries Percentage change on previous year Output Output per person
employed
1971 +2.5 +3.3 1972 +3.4 +1.1 1973 +4.5 +1.5 1974 -1.9 -2.3 1975 +0.1 -1.2 1976 +1.7 +1.2 1977 +1.5 +1.4 1978 +3.4 +2.6 1979 +1.0 -0.1 1980 (1st and 2nd quarters) -0.2 -0.2 Sources: Central Statistal Office Department of Employment