HL Deb 26 March 1985 vol 461 cc1022-4WA
Lord McCarthy

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much was produced, how many people were employed, and how much was produced per person employed, relatively, by production industries, by manufacturing industries, by vehicle manufacturing industries, and by the whole economy, in each year from 1963 to the most recent year for which figures

Output and Employment in Production Industries in United Kingdom 1971–1983 Production Industries
Output1 Employed labour force Output per head
£ million % change on previous year '000 % change on previous year £ % change on previous year
1971 18,373 10,014 1,834.7
1972 20,718 +12.8 8,708 -13.0 2,379.2 +29.7
1973 23,937 +15.5 8,726 +0.2 2,743.2 +15.3
1974 26,170 +9.3 8,760 +0.4 2,987.4 +8.9
1975 32,420 +23.9 8,393 -4.2 3,862.7 +29.3
1976 38,218 +17.9 8,165 -2.7 4,680.7 +21.2
1977 46,933 +22.8 8,208 +0.5 5,846.2 +24.9
1978 54,152 +15.4 8,166 -0.5 6,629.0 +13.4
1979 61.806 +14.1 8,136 -0.7 7,617.2 +14.9
1980 71,416 +15.5 7,824 -5.1 9,276.0 +21.8
1981 76,640 +7.3 7,089 -8.3 10,860.1 +17.1
1982 84,061 +9.7 6,743 -5.1 12,550.2 +15.6
1983 91,903 +9.3 6,426 -4.2 14,319.6 +14.1
1 Gross domestic product (Income based measure at outtum process)

Output and Employment in United Kingdom 1971–1983 Manufacturing Industries
Output1 Employed labour force Output per head
£ million % change '000 % change £ % change
1971 15,679 8,216 1,908.3
1972 17,946 + 14.5 7,950 -3.2 2.257.4 + 18.3
1973 20,919 + 16.6 7,996 +0.6 2,616.2 +15.9
1974 22,829 +9.1 8,045 +0.6 2,837.7 +8.5
1975 27.615 +21.0 7,666 -4.7 3,602.3 +26.9
1976 31,757 + 15.0 7,444 -2.9 4,226.1 +18.4
1977 38,142 +20.1 7,490 +0.6 5,092.4 +19.4
1978 43,722 + 14.6 7,449 -0.5 5,867.1 +15.2
1979 48,298 +10.5 7,413 -0.8 6,536.5 +11.4
1980 52,490 +8.7 7.096 -5.6 7,528.7 +15.2
1981 53,883 +2.7 6,379 -8.9 8,485.5 +12.7
1982 58,282 +8.2 6,056 -5.3 9,691.1 +14.2
1983 62,258 +6.8 5,765 -4.2 10,808.7 + 11.5
1 Gross domestic product (Income based measure at outturn prices)

are available, and what percentage change each figure represented against the corresponding figure for the previous year.

Lord Young of Graffham

The latest available estimates are given in the tables below. Estimates for years prior to 1971 are not yet available on a consistent basis for separate industry groups within the whole economy.

Output and employment in United Kingdom 1972–1982 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industries(2)
Output(1) Employed labour force Output per head
£ million %change '000 %change £ %change
1972 1,337 493 2,712.0
1973 1,680 +25.7 513 +4.1 3,274.9 +20.8
1974 1,848 +9.8 500 -2.5 3,690.0 + 12.7
1975 2,009 +8.9 460 -8.0 4,367.4 + 18.4
1976 2.405 + 19.7 451 -2.0 5,332.6 +22.1
1977 2,990 +24.3 467 +3.5 6,402.6 +20.1
1978 3,474 + 16.2 452 -3.2 7,685.8 +20.0
1979 3.336 -4.0 438 -3.1 7,616.4 -0.9
1980 3,045 -8.7 410 -6.4 7,426.8 -2.5
1981 3,015 -1.0 358 -12.7 8,421.8 +13.4
1982 3,160 +4.8 323 -9.8 9,783.3 + 16.2
(1) Gross domestic product (Income based measure at outturn prices).
(2) Class 35 of Standard Industrial Classification (1980)

Output and Employment in United Kingdom 1963–83 Whole Economy
Output(1) Employed labour force Output per head
£ million % change '000 % change on previous year £ % change on previous year
1963 25,035 24,627 1,016.6
1964 27,202 +8.7 24,964 +1.4 1,089.7 +7.2
1965 28,861 +6.1 25,204 + 1.0 1,145.1 +5.1
1966 30,459 +5.5 25,305 +0.4 1,203.7 +5.1
1967 32,153 +5.6 24,981 -1.3 1,287.1 +6.9
1968 34,573 +7.5 24,850 -0.5 1,391.3 +8.1
1969 36,370 +5.2 24,838 -0.0 1,464.3 +5.2
1970 39,854 +9.6 24,768 -0.3 1,609.1 +9.9
1971 45,152 + 13.3 24,443 -1.3 1,847.3 + 14.8
1972 50,291 + 11.4 24,539 +0.4 2,049.5 +10.9
1973 59,202 + 17.7 25,045 +2.1 2,363.9 +15.3
1974 67,855 +14.6 25,140 +0.4 2,699.1 + 14.2
1975 84,841 +25.0 25,020 -0.5 3,391.0 +25.6
1976 100,982 +19.0 24,832 -0.8 4,066.7 + 19.9
1977 112,271 +11.2 24.638 +0.8 4,556.7 +12.1
1978 129,434 +15.3 24,858 +0.9 5,206.9 +14.3
1979 148,333 +14.6 25,359 +2.0 5,849.4 +12.3
1980 170,610 +15.0 25,180 -0.7 6,775.5 + 15.8
1981 186,943 +9.6 24,321 -3.4 7,686.5 +13.4
1982 202,509 +8.3 23,830 -2.0 8,498.2 +10.6
1983 222,947 +10.1 23,634 -0.8 9,433.4 +11.0
(1) Gross domestic product (Income based measure at outturn prices