HC Deb 26 May 1989 vol 153 cc810-2W
Mr. Hanley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in tabular form the growth of productivity each year for the whole economy since 1980 in the United Kingdom and in each of the other major industrialised countries.

Sir David Price

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in tabular form the growth of productivity each year for the whole economy since 1980 in the United Kingdom and in each of the other major industrialised countries.

Mr. Rowe

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the growth of productivity each year for the whole economy since 1980 in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) each of the other major industrial countries.

Growth of whole economy productivity (percentage change on a year earlier)
United Kingdom United States Japan Germany France Italy Canada G71
1981 2.2 1.1 3.0 0.9 1.8 0.9 0.9 1.6
1982 4.3 -1.7 1.8 1.1 2.4 0.6 0.1 0.4
1983 4.2 2.6 1.4 3.1 1.0 0.8 2.3 2.3
1984 1.4 2.9 4.4 2.6 2.2 2.8 3.8 3.0
1985 1.6 1.7 4.0 1.3 2.0 2.4 1.7 2.1
1986 2.3 0.7 1.6 1.3 1.9 2.4 0.3 1.3
1987 2.5 0.9 3.3 1.2 2.0 3.3 1.2 1.8
19882 1.1 1.6 3.9 2.9 2.9 3.1 1.0 2.3
Period average 2.5 1.2 2.9 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.4 1.8
1 Weighted average.
2 The figures for 1988 for all countries except United Kingdom are based on gross domestic product/gross national product figures from national sources and OECD estimates of employment growth. United Kingdom figures from CSO.

Source: OECD, CSO and national sources.

Mr. Gerald Howarth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in tabular form the growth of productivity each year for the whole economy since 1980 in the United Kingdom and in each of the other industrialised countries.

Mr. Major

[pursuant to his reply, 23 February 1989, c. 778–79]: The figures given for Canada, and also, as a consequence, the Group of Seven average, were incorrect. The correct figures are as follows: