§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information he has for each year since 1974 about the figures for productivity hourly of industries in(a) Belgium, (b) Britain, (c) Germany, (d) France, (e) Holland, (f) Sweden, (g) the United States of America and (h) Italy.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe information is in the table.
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Output per manhour in manufacturing 1980 = 100 Year Belgium United Kingdom Federal Republic of Germany France Netherlands Sweden United States of America Italy 1974 68.1 96.4 80.5 75.6 76.5 87.6 88.5 81.5 1975 71.7 94.5 83.0 77.7 75.4 88.9 92.2 77.9 1976 79.1 98.8 88.8 84.1 83.8 90.3 96.3 84.5 1977 83.5 99.2 92.1 88.7 87.9 88.8 98.6 85.5 1978 89.0 100.8 95.0 93.8 93.9 91.3 99.4 88.1 1979 94.0 101.5 99.6 98.4 98.9 98.4 100.0 94.4 1980 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1981 107.1 106.5 102.2 104.2 104.2 100.4 102.2 103.4 1982 113.1 111.9 103.7 110.9 107.4 103.4 104.4 105.4 1983 120.6 120.4 109.7 115.7 114.3 111.4 110.4 108.2 1984 124.6 125.7 113.7 120.2 126.5 116.3 116.4 115.1 1985 127.6 129.7 118.7 124.2 131.2 119.4 122.5 116.9 1986 126.7 133.0 121.1 126.8 133.9 122.4 127.0 118.3 19871 128.2 140.8 122.7 129.7 133.2 127.0 130.8 121.9 1 1st quarter to 3rd quarter, not seasonally adjusted. Source: International Monetary Fund.