§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Industry what is his Department's estimate of the level at which output per man hour in manufacturing industry will have grown by the end of 1981.
§ Mr. MacGregorNo such estimates are available. However, recent developments are encouraging. Output per man hour in the second quarter of 1981 is currently estimated to have been 1 to 2 per cent. above its level in 1979, the previous peak year.