§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his written reply dated 24 March, Official Report, c. 191–93, concerning output per head for the total working population, whether he will publish in the Official Report figures for each quarter since the second quarter of 1979.
§ Mr. BrittanA series for output per head, obtained by dividing the output measure of gross domestic product by estimates of the average working population—that is the employed labour force plus the registered unemployed, other than adult students—during each quarter, is provided in the following table:
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(1975=100, seasonally adjusted) Whole economy: Output per head of working population 1979 2nd quarter 109.9 3rd quarter 108.0 4th quarter 108.8 1980 1st quarter 108.1 2nd quarter 106.6 3rd quarter 104.9 4th quarter 103.5 1981 1st quarter 103.3 2nd quarter 103.3 3rd quarter 103.8 Sources:
Derived from Employment Gazette, March 1982, and Central Statistical Office estimates of gross domestic product, issued by press notice on 22 March 1982.