§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a 185W table showing for each of the past six years the per capita investment in manufacturing industry in the principal industrial countries, together with the percentage increase in output and output per head.
§ Mr. WakehamI have been asked to reply.
Investment, Output and Output per head in the major Industrial Countries United Kingdom Federal Republic of Germany Percentage change over previous year Percentage change over previous year Investment per capita at 1975 prices £(1) Investment per capita Output Output per head Investment per capita at 1970 prices D.M. (2) Investment per capita Output Output per head 1975 495 -2 -7 -2½ 3,884 -3 -6½ -1 1976 487 -1½ +2 +5½ 4,064 +4½ +7 +7½ 1977 513 +5½ +2 +1½ 4,191 +3 +3 +3½ 1978 570 +11 +½ +1 4,151 -1 +2 +1½ 1979 619 +8½ † +1½ * * +5½ +4½ 1980 611 -1½ -9½ -4 * * † -1½
United States of America Japan Percentage change over previous year Percentage change over previous year Investment per capita at 1970 prices $ Investment per capita Output Output per head Investment per capita at 1975 prices Yen 000s (3) Investment per capita Output Output per head 1975 1,187 -11 -10½ -2 1,109 -2 -12 -6½ 1976 1,367 +15 +12 +8 1,183 +6½ +11 +12 1977 1,441 +5½ +6 +2½ 1,262 +6½ +4½ +5 1978 1,436 -½ +6 +2 1,406 +11 +6 +7½ 1979 * * +5 +2 1,602 +14 +8 +8½ 1980 * * -4½ -1½ * * +7½ +5 Sources:
OECD: Indicators of Industrial Activity; Labour Force Statistics; National Accounts Vol. II.
CSO: Monthly Digest of Statistics.
DIT: British Business.
(1) Includes assets leased from the service industries.
(2) Includes capital expenditure by the quarrying and the structural steel erection industries.
(3) The figures relate to total expenditure on machinery and equipment by all industries expressed as a proportion of manufacturing employment Symbols used: *Not available or not meaningful.
†Nil or less then half.