§ Mr. Meacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has on the annual growth of (i) manufacturing investment and (ii) manufacturing production each year since 1979 in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the United States of America and Japan, in each case taking the 1979 level as 100.
§ Mr. MacGregorI refer the hon. Member to two publications from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Gross manufacturing investment figures can be found inNational Accounts, Volume 2 (1986) and manufacturing output data are published in the Main Economic Indicators (monthly). Data for the United Kingdom are published in the Central Statistical Office's Economic Trends (monthly).
§ Mr. Meacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has on the rise in work and labour costs in manufacturing each year since 1979, taking the 1979 level as 100, in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the United States of America and Japan, and in the European Economic Community and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development averages.
§ Mr. MacGregorI refer the hon. Member to table 5.9 of theEmployment Gazette (monthly), published by the Department of Employment, which shows wages per head in manufacturing, in national currencies, for a number of OECD countries. The Central Statistical Office's Economic Trends (monthly) also gives labour costs per unit of output, in dollars, for the largest industrial countries.