§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for manufacturing plants in Scotland generally and for those owned by Japanese firms (a) gross value added as a percentage of gross output, (b) wages and salaries, respectively, as a percentage of gross output and (c) average wages and salaries, respectively, per head.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe latest available information for manufacturing plants in Scotland is from the 1981 census of production:
per cent. Gross value added as a percentage of gross output 35 Wages as a percentage of gross output 12 Salaries as a percentage of gross output 7 £ Average annual wages per head 5,429 Average annual salary per head 7,493 Owing to the small number of plants involved, it is not possible to give separate figures for Japanese-owned plants.