asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Reporta table showing (a)for the United Kingdom and (b)for Great Britain the output per man in manufacturing industry as a quarterly average for each quarter since 1945.
No separate figures are available for Great Britain. The available figures representing net output per person employed in manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom are normally published in index number form and are given below. In 1970 the average value of net output per person employed in manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom was £1,540.
| NET OUTPUT PER PERSON EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY At constant 1970 prices | ||||
| 1970=100 | ||||
| 1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter | 4th quarter | |
| 1950 | 60·3 | |||
| 1951 | 60·6 | |||
| 1952 | 58·1 | |||
| 1953 | 58·1 | |||
| 1954 | 63·5 | |||
| 1955 | 65·9 | |||
| 1956 | 65·4 | |||
| 1957 | 67·1 | |||
| 1958 | 67·3 | |||
| 1959 | 71·1 | |||
| Seasonally adjusted | ||||
| 1960 | 74·8 | 74·3 | 74·0 | 74·4 |
| 1961 | 73·6 | 74·2 | 73·7 | 72·9 |
| 1962 | 73·0 | 74·4 | 75·3 | 74·8 |
| 1963 | 73·9 | 77·0 | 79·6 | 81·1 |
| 1964 | 83·6 | 83·1 | 83·6 | 85·6 |
| 1965 | 85·1 | 85·3 | 84·9 | 86·1 |
| 1966 | 87·5 | 87·1 | 87·6 | 85·7 |
| 1967 | 87·9 | 89·5 | 90·3 | 92·4 |
| 1968 | 95·5 | 96·9 | 97·1 | 97·3 |
| 1969 | 98·1 | 99·8 | 99·2 | 99·2 |
| 1970 | 98·9 | 99·1 | 100·5 | 101·5 |
| 1971 | 100·4 | 102·9 | 103·7 | 104·2 |
| 1972 | 103·9 | 108·4 | 109·9 | 113·5 |
| 1973 | 117·2 | 116·9 | 118·4 | 116·9 |
| 1974 | 112·2 | 115·9 | 116·7 | 113·2 |
Notes:
(1). Output is measured by the index of manufacturing production. Persons employed include employees in employment, employers and self-employed persons; full-time and part-time workers are all counted as full units.
(2). Data on employment have been taken from Department of Employment sources.