HC Deb 12 November 1992 vol 213 cc965-6W
23. Mr. Booth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has about the rate of unit wage cost growth in the United Kingdom; and what is the corresponding information on Japan and Germany.

Mr. Dorrell

In 1992 Q2 unit wage costs in manufacturing in the United Kingdom were only 1.4 per cent. higher than a year earlier. The corresponding figures for Japan and Germany are 8.6 per cent. and 3.8 per cent. respectively.