§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish the level of productivity in manufacturing industry for each year since 1974 and give the percentage change year by year.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe information requested is given in the following table in terms of output per person hour.
Index of Output per person Hour 1975=100) Annual average Per cent. change on previous year 1974 101.8 — 1975 100.0 -2 1976 105.1 +5 1977 105.9 +1 1978 107.1 +1 1979 108.9 +1½ 1980 107.3 -1½ 1981 *112.7 +5 * preliminary estimate.
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish the level of investment in manufacturing industry in constant prices for each year since 1974 and give the percentage change year by year.
§ Mr. MacGregorStatistics of investment in manufacturing industry are published in the current issue (26 February) ofBritish Business on page 427.