§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing the level for the most recent date for which figures are available of manufacturing productivity in(a) Renfrewshire, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 27 February 1992]: The official data on manufacturing productivity are published by the Employment Department in the Employment Gazette. However, separate regional figures are not included.
Expressing manufacturing productivity in terms of gross value added per employee, the figures for Renfrewshire, Strathclyde and Scotland are set out in the table. The latest available figures are for 1989.
Manufacturing productivity—1989 Area Gross value added £ per employee Renfrewshire 31,014 Strathclyde 23,128 Scotland 22,340 Source: Annual Census of Production.