§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will bring up to date the information given in the reply of 27 November 1979, Official Report, c. 621, concerning output and wage costs in manufacturing industry; and if he will include the percentage annual increase in prices.
§ Mr. BrittanFigures from which this updating can be derived are published regularly in theMonthly Digest of Statistics, in Economic Trends and its Annual Supplement, and in the Employment Gazette. The series for wage and salary costs per unit of output in manufacturing industry has been improved since the information given in the reply of 27 November 1979. An article describing the improvement appeared in the Employment Gazette—June 1982. The monthly and annual publications referred to also contain data on prices from which the percentage changes requested can be derived.