HL Deb 26 March 1985 vol 461 cc1020-2WA
Lord McCarthy

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the relative cost in wages and salaries and in labour costs of output in the economy as a whole, in production industries, in manufacturing industries and in vehicle manufacturing industries, in each year from 1963 to the most recent year for

A. Wages and salaries per unit of output

Index 1980=100 Percentage increase on previous year
Whole economy Production industries Manufacturing Whole economy Production industries Manufacturing Vehicles
1963 20.7 " " 0.0 " " "
1964 21.4 " " 3.4 " " "
1965 22.2 " " 3.7 " " "
1966 23.4 " " 5.4 " " "
1967 23.8 " " 1.7 " " "
1968 24.3 " " 2.1 " " "
1969 25.2 " " 3.7 " " "
1970 27.6 29.5 28.1 9.5 " " "
1971 30.1 31.8 30.6 9.1 7.8 8.9 9.0
1972 32.8 34.8 32.6 9.0 9.4 6.5 7.9
1973 34.9 36.7 33.9 6.4 5.5 4.0 12.4
1974 42.5 43.5 40.3 21.8 18.5 18.9 19.3
1975 55.4 58.3 52.2 30.4 34.0 29.5 36.2
1976 60.9 63.0 57.8 9.9 8.1 10.7 18.0
1977 65.0 66.8 62.7 6.7 6.0 8.5 6.4
1978 72.4 74.5 71.0 11.4 11.5 13.2 17.1
1979 82.7 83.5 81.8 14.2 12.1 15.2 "
1980 100.0 100.0 100.0 20.9 19.8 22.2 "
1981 108.7 106.0 109.4 8.7 6.0 9.4 "
1982 112.8 109.2 114.4 3.8 3.0 4.6 "
1983 117.7 109.4 116.2 4.3 0.2 1.6 "
1984 " " 120.7 " " 4.0 "

(a) Compilation of figures ceased after 1978 " = not available

B. Labour costs per unit of output

Index 1980=100 Percentage increase on previous year
Whole economy Production industries Manufacturing Whole economy Production industries Manufacturing Vehicles
1963 19.0 " " 0.5 " " "
1964 19.6 " " 3.2 " " "
1965 20.5 " " 4.6 " " "
1966 21.7 " " 5.9 " " "
1967 22.3 " " 2.8 " " "
1968 22.9 " " 2.7 " " "
1969 23.8 " " 3.9 " " "
1970 26.2 27.0 24.4 10.1 " " "
1971 28.4 29.2 26.5 8.4 8.1 8.6 9.2
1972 31.0 32.2 29.0 9.2 10.3 9.4 7.8
1973 32.9 34.1 30.8 6.1 5.9 6.2 12.6
1974 40.3 40.8 36.4 22.5 19.6 18.2 20.4
1975 53.1 55.4 49.5 31.8 35.8 36.0 36.8
1976 59.2 60.5 54.9 11.5 9.2 10.9 18.5
1977 64.1 65.3 61.4 8.3 7.9 11.8 7.3
1978 71.9 73.6 70.5 12.2 12.7 14.8 18.3
1979 82.7 83.1 82.6 15.0 12.9 17.2 "
1980 100.0 100.0 100.0 20.9 20.3 21.1 "
1981 109.3 105.9 107.6 9.3 5.9 7.6 "
1982 112.6 109.0 112.4 3.0 2.9 4.5 "
1983 116.6 108.5 113.3 3.6 -0.5 0.8 "

(a) Compilation of figures ceased after 1978

" = not available

which figures are available, and what percentage increase each figure represented over the corresponding figure for the previous year.

Lord Young of Graffham

The information readily available on a comparable basis on wages and salaries and on labour costs per unit of output, both as an index based on 1980 = 100 and as annual percentage changes, is set out in the following tables.