Productivity

Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, further to his answer of 13 November concerning increasing productivity, he will circulate in the Official Report a table comparing the annual increase in productivity in manufacturing between 1952 and 1978 with the increase in wage costs per unit of output.

Mr. Biffen
The information requested is shown in the table below: ------
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|1952|
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|1953|
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|1954|
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|1955|
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|1956|
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|1957|
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|1958|
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|1959|
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|1960|
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|1961|
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|1962|
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|1963|
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|1964|
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|1965|
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|1966|
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|1967|
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|1968|
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|1969|
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|1970|
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|1971|
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|1972|
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|1973|
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|1974|
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|1975|
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|1976|
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|1977|
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|1978|
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Sources:

Central Statistical Office.

Department of Employment.