§ Mrs. EwingTo 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. StewartThe 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.
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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.