HC Deb 28 November 1989 vol 162 cc171-2W
Dr. Marek

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the latest figure he has for the gross national product per capita; and what information he has on comparable figures for the German Democratic Republic.

Mr. Ryder

The 1989 edition of "United Kingdom National Accounts"—otherwise known as the CSO Blue Book gives annual estimates of gross national product (on United Kingdom definitions table 1.1; on international definitions page 130) and of population (table 17.1). A copy is available in the Library of the House. For 1988, the United Kingdom figures are:

£
Gross national product at market prices (United Kingdom definition) per head of home population 8,200
Gross national product at market prices (international definition) per head of home population 8,100

For the German Democratic Republic (GDR), fully comparable figures are not readily available in the publications of the international organisations.