§ Dr. CableTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the productivity performance figures were for each year since 1997 expressed as(a) output per worker and (b) output per hour; and if he will make a statement. [132879]
§ John HealeyIn the UK output per worker is measured as output per filled job. Productivity performance figures are published regularly by the Office for National Statistics. Figures for 1997 to 2002 (the last complete year for which figures are available) are given in the table.
Year Output per filled job (index 2000=100) Output per hour worked (Index 2000=100) 1997 94.6 92.2 1998 96.5 94.8 1999 97.6 96.4 2000 100 100 2001 101.1 100.9 2002 102.5 102.6