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Mr. Foster
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish the level of productivity in manufacturing industry for each year since 1974 and give the percentage change year by year.
Mr. MacGregor
The information requested is given in the following table in terms of output per person hour.
| Index of Output per person Hour 1975=100) | ||
| Annual average | Per cent. change on previous year | |
| 1974 | 101·8 | — |
| 1975 | 100·0 | -2 |
| 1976 | 105·1 | +5 |
| 1977 | 105·9 | +1 |
| 1978 | 107·1 | +1 |
| 1979 | 108·9 | +1½ |
| 1980 | 107·3 | -1½ |
| 1981 | *112·7 | +5 |
| * preliminary estimate. | ||
Mr. Foster
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish the level of investment in manufacturing industry in constant prices for each year since 1974 and give the percentage change year by year.
Mr. MacGregor
Statistics of investment in manufacturing industry are published in the current issue (26 February) of British Business on page 427.