The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 9 January 2007:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question about Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in each local authority area in 1979, 1992, 1997 and the latest year for which figures are available. (108167)
Office for National Statistics currently publishes regional Gross Value Added (GVA) rather than regional GDP. These data are published in Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) regions and the lowest breakdown of geography for which data are published is the NUTS3 level. These data run from 1995 to 2004 and can be accessed in the following link:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=14650
GDP per capita data prior to 1995 were published biennially at the county level. These data were last published in 1998. The attached table shows GDP per capita for counties for the biennial period 1977-1995.
Both data-sets are at current prices, therefore the effects of inflation are not taken into account.
Gross Domestic Product per head (£) 1977 1979 1981 1984 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 United Kingdom1 2,256 2,955 3,626 4,611 6,160 7,585 8,481 9,282 10,199 North East 2,134 2,684 3,436 4,119 5,280 6,468 7,229 7,963 8,683 Cleveland 2,484 3,098 3,794 4,531 5,688 7,217 7,581 8,262 9,174 Durham 1,816 2,364 3,228 3,553 4,787 6,062 6,618 7,217 8,001 Northumberland 1,795 2,216 3,153 3,918 4,860 6,062 6,365 7,143 8,294 Tyne and Wear 2,215 2,768 3,445 4,268 5,451 6,423 7,617 8,436 8,913 North West (GOR) and Merseyside 2,181 2,841 3,525 4,414 5,847 7,045 7,720 8,458 9,277 North West (GOR) 2,200 2,863 3,555 4,539 6,122 7,376 8,094 8,827 9,737 Cheshire 2,443 3,136 3,832 4,975 6,630 8,166 8,781 10,195 11,403 Cumbria 2,172 2,751 3,739 4,978 7,320 8,272 9,199 9,682 10,650 Greater Manchester 2,238 2,939 3,554 4,519 6,081 7,101 7,801 8,479 9,279 Lancashire 1,976 2,573 3,302 4,126 5,430 7,025 7,774 8,228 9,110 Merseyside 2,113 2,763 3,412 3,965 4,834 5,812 6,317 7,060 7,513 Yorkshire and the Humber 2,145 2,749 3,393 4,272 5,764 6,962 7,764 8,348 9,300 Humberside 2,149 2,762 3,228 4,281 5,978 7,385 8,055 8,699 9,587 North Yorkshire 2,019 2,600 3,387 4,876 6,141 7,348 8,584 9,481 10,242 South Yorkshire 2,197 2.828 3.448 3,905 5,143 6,106 6,864 7,077 7,719 West Yorkshire 2,152 2,741 3,429 4,299 5,939 7,189 7,922 8,602 9,832 East Midlands 2,189 2,842 3,474 4,541 6,062 7,449 8,273 8,978 9,791 Derbyshire 2,143 2,711 3,305 4,264 5,579 6,866 7,673 8,114 9,183 Leicestershire 2,217 2,939 3,710 4,918 6,742 8,168 8,835 9,687 10,791 Lincolnshire 2,120 2,673 3,235 4,278 5,351 6,740 7,757 8,651 9,288 Northamptonshire 2,146 2,771 3,157 4,689 6,351 7,957 8,711 9,855 10,642 Nottinghamshire 2,267 3,011 3,735 4,534 6,155 7,477 8,384 8,837 9,265 West Midlands 2,198 2,844 3,322 4,191 5,630 7,009 7,861 8,615 9,567 Hereford and Worcestershire 1,957 2,493 2,844 3,925 5,153 6,366 7,311 8,137 9,823 Shropshire 1,920 2,501 2,838 3,946 5,086 6,557 7,643 8,528 9,826 Staffordshire 1,957 2,555 3,102 4,010 5,372 6,774 7,124 7,474 8,374 Warwickshire 1,670 2,339 3,181 3,981 5,847 7,404 8,422 9,004 10,288 West Midlands (Met. county) 2,469 3,171 3,628 4,400 5,896 7,265 8,228 9,139 9,800 Eastern 2,168 2,841 3,371 4,522 5,957 7,463 8,180 81891 9,773 Bedfordshire 2,266 2,913 3,361 4,625 6,091 7,977 8,552 9,143 9,936 Cambridgeshire 2,310 3,004 3,521 5,424 6,905 8,492 9,172 10,243 11,864 Essex 1,941 2,711 3,149 3,914 5,220 6,589 7,092 7,769 8,728 Hertfordshire 2,427 3,109 3,803 4,953 6,616 6,079 8,937 9,573 10,297 Norfolk 2,109 2,673 3,266 4,361 5,773 7,227 8,063 8,704 9,065 Suffolk 2,155 2,704 3,211 4,526 5,859 7,430 8,423 9,128 9,963 London 3,165 4,346 5,482 6,530 8,975 11,017 12,162 13,432 14,250 South East (GOR) 2,055 2,761 3,358 4,515 6,046 7,663 8,672 9,545 10,602 Berkshire 2,611 3,492 3,953 5,388 7,464 9,476 11,153 12,757 13,644 Buckinghamshire 2,020 2,684 3,088 4,954 6,534 6,595 9,621 10,479 11,933 East Sussex 1,634 2,212 2,812 3,726 4,742 5,946 6,463 6,981 7,709 Hampshire 2,236 3,121 3,778 4,825 6,226 7,567 8,758 9,569 10,852 Isle of Wight 1,729 2,231 2,580 3,712 4,841 5,673 6,256 6,269 7,002 Kent 1,984 2,584 3,156 4,002 5,419 6,925 7,811 8,181 9,441 Oxfordshire 2,122 2,745 3,213 4,755 6,256 6,002 9,091 10,510 11,097 Surrey 1,875 2,602 3,479 4,574 6,272 6,207 9,261 10,467 11,046 West Sussex 1,969 2,567 3,116 4,291 6,102 7,756 8,312 9,180 10,505 South West 2,078 2,693 3,266 4,387 5,625 7,170 8,074 8,837 9,792 Avon 2,307 3,001 3,675 4,814 6,437 7,857 8,983 9,786 10,790 Cornwall 1,719 2,191 2,665 3,512 4,616 5,747 6,087 6,733 7,511 Devon 1,938 2,496 3,096 4,064 5,112 6,483 7,344 8,128 6,966 Dorset 1,992 2,592 2,948 4,162 5,656 6,916 7,877 8,345 9,207 Gloucestershire 2,231 2,996 3,629 4,780 6,556 7,883 8,663 9,489 10,623 Somerset 2,027 2,558 3,194 4,346 5,807 7,217 7,711 8,452 9,349 Wiltshire 2,209 2,847 3,451 4,865 6,562 6,031 9,487 10,519 11,730 Wales 1,966 2,517 3,045 3,966 5,222 6,562 7,234 7,676 6,601 Clwyd 1,748 2,227 2,577 3,994 5,654 7,055 7,891 8,349 9,579 Dyfed and Powys 1,914 2,644 2,992 3,901 4,927 5,879 6,441 7,051 7,384 Gwent 1,947 2,443 2,965 3,926 5,367 6,659 7,198 7,960 6,979 Gwynedd 1,802 2,243 2,795 3,611 4,979 6,066 6,591 6,883 7,772 Mid Glamorgan 1,734 2,244 2,806 3,339 4,561 5,712 5,871 5,770 6,864 South Glamorgan 2,426 3,029 3,704 5,236 6,622 6,166 9,518 10,502 11,649 West Glamorgan 2,232 2,764 3,516 3,831 5,345 6,544 7,438 7,536 8,247 Scotland 2,190 2,802 3,589 4,440 5,826 7,113 8,269 9,148 10,224 Borders 2,274 2,684 3,316 3,902 5,466 6,079 6,949 7,870 9,003 Central 2,255 3,054 3,797 4,033 5,351 6,760 7,329 7,880 9,265 Dumfries and Galloway 2,210 2,671 2,496 4,248 5,337 6,556 7,513 8,776 9,555 Fife 2,249 2,836 3,615 4,368 5,307 6,375 7,333 7,497 8,314 Grampian 2,489 3,269 4,206 6,026 7,338 9,059 11,952 12,982 13,566 Highlands and Islands 2,222 2,738 3,595 4,268 5,504 6,098 7,529 7,742 8,298 Lothian 2,249 3,008 3,839 4,994 6,766 8,451 9,637 11,367 12,656 Strathclyde 2,099 2,662 3,403 4,083 5,472 6,670 7,549 8,254 9,483 Tayside 2,150 2,630 3,367 4,213 5,504 6,736 7,676 8,781 9,611 Northern Ireland 1,805 2,335 2,813 3,702 4,784 5,832 6,930 7,620 8,423 1 Excluding the Continental Shelf region and the statistical discrepancy of the income based measure Note: Data published in January 1998 and consistent with National Accounts Blue Book 1997