HC Deb 18 April 1990 vol 170 c853W
114. Mr. Butterfill

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the unit labour costs for United Kingdom manufacturing industry for the last three years.

Mr. Norman Lamont

The figures for unit labour costs for the United Kingdom manufacturing industries are given in the table.

Year Manufacturing Unit Labour costs 1985=100 Percentage Changes
1986 104.6
1987 105.2 0.6
1988 106.3 1.0
1989 110.5 4.0