HC Deb 01 February 1996 vol 270 cc889-90W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the Scottish gross domestic produce per head as a percentage of the United Kingdom average in each year since 1978. [13153]

Mr. Kynoch

The latest available estimates are shown in the following table. Figures for 1994 were published in the article "Regional accounts 1994: part 1" in the December 1995 edition of "Economic Trends". The article includes revisions to data on GDP per head for earlier years and an explanation of the reasons for the revisions. Copies of "Economic Trends" are available in the Library.

GDP per head at factor cost: current prices: Scotland 1978–1994 (UK=100)1
Number
1978 94.9
1979 94.8
1980 94.4
1981 96.7
1982 96.3
1983 96.8
1984 95.8
1985 96.0
1986 94.6
1987 94.5
1988 93.7
1989 93.5
1990 95.8
1991 97.2
1992 98.8
1993 98.9
19942 99.9

Notes:

1United Kingdom (less Continental Shelf)=100.

2Provisional.

Source:

Central Statistical Office, Regional Accounts.