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Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his written reply dated 24 March, Official Report, c. 191–93, concerning output per head for the total working population, whether he will publish in the Official Report figures for each quarter since the second quarter of 1979.
Mr. Brittan
A series for output per head, obtained by dividing the output measure of gross domestic product by estimates of the average working population—that is the employed labour force plus the registered unemployed, other than adult students—during each quarter, is provided in the following table:
| (1975=100, seasonally adjusted) | |
| Whole economy: Output per head of working population | |
| 1979 | |
| 2nd quarter | 109·9 |
| 3rd quarter | 108·0 |
| 4th quarter | 108·8 |
| 1980 | |
| 1st quarter | 108·1 |
| 2nd quarter | 106·6 |
| 3rd quarter | 104·9 |
| 4th quarter | 103·5 |
| 1981 | |
| 1st quarter | 103·3 |
| 2nd quarter | 103·3 |
| 3rd quarter | 103·8 |
Sources:
Derived from Employment Gazette, March 1982, and Central Statistical Office estimates of gross domestic product, issued by press notice on 22 March 1982.