§ Mr. Andersonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the percentage change of gross domestic product per head as a percentage of the Great Britain average for each of the standard Great Britain economic regions from 1979 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Peter ReesTable 9.2 of "Regional Trends 1984" gives figures of gross domestic product per head for the United Kingdom and the countries and regions. Estimates of changes between 1979 and 1981 from this table are as follows:
Percentage increase in GDP per head (at current prices) 1979–81 Regional increase as percentage of United Kingdom increase North 24.7 110 Yorkshire and Humberside 20.7 92 East Midlands 21.5 96 East Anglia 25.9 116 South East 23.0 103 South West 24.8 111 West Midlands 15.5 69 North West 20.7 92 Wales 18.9 84 Scotland 27.0 121 Northern Ireland 27.3 122 United Kingdom (less Continental Shelf) 22.4 — Note: Estimates of gross domestic product per head cannot be calculated for the Continental Shelf region as there is no resident population in this region.