HC Deb 24 November 1994 vol 250 cc344-5W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest estimate of productivity within the Scottish economy using value added per employee; and if he will analyse the figures by industry.

Mr. Stewart

The information is available only for the manufacturing sector and is set out in the table. Figures are provided for 1991, which is the latest year for which information is available.

SIC 1980 Class Industry group Gross value added per employee (£)
2–4 Manufacturing industries 23,947
21 Extraction and preparation of metalliferous ores
22 Metal manufacturing 15,915
23 Extraction of minerals nes 43,514

SIC 1980 Class Industry group Gross value added per employee (£)
24 Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products 27,508
25/26 Chemical and man-made fibre industries 40,785
31 Manufacture of metal goods nes 18,776
32 Mechanical engineering 24,760
33 Manufacture of office machinery and data processing equipment 42,128
34 Electrical and electronic engineering 22,216
35 Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts 22,573
36 Manufacture of other transport equipment 24,517
37 Instrument engineering 24,981
41/42 Food, drink and tobacco manufacturing industries 25,332
43 Textile industry 13,980
44 Manufacture of leather and leather goods 23,146
45 Footwear and clothing industries 13,499
46 Timber and wooden furniture industries 16,705
47 Manufacture of paper and paper products; printing and publishing 26,433
48 Processing of rubber and plastics 22,940
49 Other manufacturing industries 16,374

Source:

Annual Census of Production.