§ 1981. Mr. Phillip Oppenheimasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the change in productivity in the east midlands since (a) 1979 and (b)
§ Mr. Butcher[pursuant to his reply, 29 October 1985]: There are no data available for the change in productivity
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Expenditure on full-value Mandatory Awards £000 Percentage value in real terms Expenditure on full-value Discretionary Awards £000 Percentage value in real terms 1979–80 1983–84 (1979=100) 1979–80 1983–84 (1979=100) Barking 402 539 92 38 45 81 Barnet 3,254 4,195 89 380 502 91 Bexley 1,339 1,680 86 215 235 75 Brent 2,215 3,265 101 711 1,679 102 Bromley 2,600 3,316 88 227 230 70 Croydon 2,673 3,463 89 218 228 72 Ealing 2,215 3,327 103 349 69 13 Enfield 2,188 2,512 79 56 66 82 Haringey 2,255 3,007 92 394 264 46 Harrow 1,910 2,701 97 219 194 61 Havering 1,377 1,712 85 154 94 42 Hillingdon 1,597 2,062 89 310 203 45 Hounslow 1,255 2,147 117 170 147 59 Kingston-upon-Thames 1,194 1,609 93 136 61 31 Merton 1,239 1,694 94 93 45 34 Newham 974 1,524 107 109 143 90 Redbridge 1,757 2,409 94 246 240 67 Richmond-upon-Thames 1,536 2,370 106 226 175 53 Sutton 1,130 1,719 105 169 129 52 Waltham Forest 1,171 1,712 100 247 230 64 Inner London 16,405 24,926 104 6,017 9,415 107 Birmingham 6,630 8,939 93 125 469 99 Coventry 2,391 3,653 105 281 238 58 Dudley 1,546 2,418 107 114 214 129 in the east midlands since 1979 and 1981. However, output per person employed in the whole economy has risen by 13.1 per cent. since the first quarter of 1979 and by 13.4 per cent. since the first quarter of 1981, compared to the first quarter of 1985.