§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish an index of production and construction for Scotland by market sector, indicating an annual figure for each year from 1974 up to and including 1990; and if he will give the figures for the first three quarters of 1991.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 9 March 1992]: An index of production and construction for Scotland (1985 = 100) by market sector, with annual figures for each year from 1974 up to and including 1990, and quarterly figures for the first three quarters of 1991, is set out in the table.
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Consumer Goods Production Industries Total Durable Non-durable Investment Goods Intermediate Goods Construction 1974 103.3 111.8 176 105 92.1 105.1 113.9 1975 99.7 106.5 158 102 94.8 98.8 119.0 1976 100.1 109–5 165 104 89.9 100.6 115.6 1977 99.8 111.8 160 107 88.6 99.3 120.3 1978 100.5 115.7 162 111 85.1 100.8 119.9 1979 101.1 113.9 149 110 88.2 101.3 113.8 1980 95.0 106.6 124 105 86.3 93.4 107.5 1981 93.0 101.0 109 100 87.7 91.3 93.6 1982 93.5 99.0 114 98 91.6 91. 3 96.4 1983 93.2 95.9 88 97 90.7 93.1 98.6 1984 97.2 98.1 93 99 95.0 97.9 98.2 1985 100.0 100.0 100 100 100.0 100.0 100.0 1986 97.8 99.5 93 100 96.5 97.5 98.4 1987 99.7 102.0 93 103 98.0 99.3 96.3 1988 107.1 106.5 104 107 108.2 106.9 101.9 1989 111.7 109.1 114 109 115.4 111.1 101.6 1990 114.1 112.5 111 113 114.1 115.1 107.0 19911 109.6 105.8 108 106 110.4 111.4 105.5 19912 109.5 106.1 110 106 109.9 111.3 107.5 19913 110.2 107.2 112 107 112.5 110.6 110.7 Source: Index of Industrial Production and Construction for Scotland 11st qtr 22nd qtr 33rd qtr
§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will indicate the annual average change in(a) total output and (b) manufacturing output in real terms between (i) 1974 and 1979 and (ii) 1979 and 1990 in (1) Scotland and (2) the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 9 March 1992]: The annual average changes in (a) total output and (b) manufacturing output in real terms between (i) 1974 and 1979 and (ii) 1979 and 1989, the latest year for which all figures are available, in (1) Scotland and (2) the United Kingdom are set out in the table:
Annual average change Scotland United Kingdom 1974–79 Total output +1.11 +2.02 Manufacturing output -1.23 -0.64 1979-89 Total output +1 81 +2.22 Manufacturing output +1.13 +1.34 Note: The Scottish and United Kingdom measures of total output are on a different basis and are therefore not directly comparable. Scottish data are output-based GDP and United Kingdom data are average GDP. Sources: 1 The Scottish Office Industry Department. 2 Central Statistical Office. 3 Index of Production and Construction for Scotland. 4 Index of Production and Construction for the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. MaxtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish an updated table of Scotland's share of United Kingdom gross domestic product per head of population excluding the continental shelf for each year since 1961.
§ Mr. Allan Stewart[holding answer 9 March 1992]: The information requested is available on a consistent basis only from 1971 onward. The table gives the requested information up to 1990 the latest year for which figures are available.
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Year Scottish gross domestic product per head as a percentage of the United Kingdom (excluding continental shelf) 1971 93.8 1972 93.6 1973 95.4 1974 95.9 1975 96.9 1976 98.4 1977 97.1 1978 94.9 1979 94.8 1980 94.4 1981 96.7 1982 97.3 1983 97.5 1984 96.1 1985 95.6 1986 94.7 1987 93.9 1988 92.9 11989 92.7 11990 92.6 1 Provisional. Source: Central Statistical Office regional accounts.
Note: A full set of regional accounts figures is available in the House of Commons Library.