HC Deb 11 May 1992 vol 207 c40W
Mr. Leighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the movement of unit labour costs in the United Kingdom and Germany since October 1990.

Mr. McLoughlin

Between October 1990 and December 1991 unit wage and salary costs in manufacturing in the United Kingdom rose by 6.6 per cent. compared with an increase in the former Federal Republic of Germany over the same period of 11.0 per cent.