East Midlands (Productivity)

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asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the change in productivity in the east midlands since (a) 1979 and (b) 1981.

[pursuant to his reply, 29 October 1985]: There are no data available for the change in productivity

	Expenditure on full-value Mandatory Awards £000		Percentage value in real terms	Expenditure on full-value Discretionary Awards £000		Percentage value in real terms
	1979–80	1983–84	(1979=100)	1979–80	1983–84	(1979=100)
Barking	402	539	92	38	45	81
Barnet	3,254	4,195	89	380	502	91
Bexley	1,339	1,680	86	215	235	75
Brent	2,215	3,265	101	711	1,679	102
Bromley	2,600	3,316	88	227	230	70
Croydon	2,673	3,463	89	218	228	72
Ealing	2,215	3,327	103	349	69	13
Enfield	2,188	2,512	79	56	66	82
Haringey	2,255	3,007	92	394	264	46
Harrow	1,910	2,701	97	219	194	61
Havering	1,377	1,712	85	154	94	42
Hillingdon	1,597	2,062	89	310	203	45
Hounslow	1,255	2,147	117	170	147	59
Kingston-upon-Thames	1,194	1,609	93	136	61	31
Merton	1,239	1,694	94	93	45	34
Newham	974	1,524	107	109	143	90
Redbridge	1,757	2,409	94	246	240	67
Richmond-upon-Thames	1,536	2,370	106	226	175	53
Sutton	1,130	1,719	105	169	129	52
Waltham Forest	1,171	1,712	100	247	230	64
Inner London	16,405	24,926	104	6,017	9,415	107
Birmingham	6,630	8,939	93	125	469	99
Coventry	2,391	3,653	105	281	238	58
Dudley	1,546	2,418	107	114	214	129

in the east midlands since 1979 and 1981. However, output per person employed in the whole economy has risen by 13·1 per cent. since the first quarter of 1979 and by 13·4 per cent. since the first quarter of 1981, compared to the first quarter of 1985.

Volume 84: debated on Wednesday 30 October 1985