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Sterling Exchange Rate Index

asked Her Majesty's Government:When the so-called "basket of currencies" Sterling Exchange Rate Index last stood at 100, what were the index figures for each constituent currency at that date and again at the most recently available date; and what was the dollar exchange rate of each of those currencies on both dates.

Sterling's Exchange Rate Index last stood at 100 on 2nd April 1981. The other data requested are as follows:

	2nd April 1981		20th March 1985
	Index¹(1975=100)	$ exchange rate²	Index¹(1975=100)	$ exchange rate²
Pound Sterling	100.1	2.2337	74.0	1.1382
US dollar	100.2	—	151.3	—
Australian dollar	90.3	1.1628	71.0	0.6955
Austrian schilling	116.9	14.885	109.7	22.945
Belgian franc	108.1	34.5	88.1	65.765
Canadian dollar	86.3	1.1813	88.9	1.374
Danish krone	89.9	6.6225	76.2	11.675

Number of stoppages beginning in year and workers involved
	Number of stoppages			Workers involved			Working days lost in stoppages in progress
	Total	Total Known Official	Percentage Known Official	Total(000's)	Total Known Official (000's)	Percentage Known Official	Total (000's)	Total known Official (000's)	Percentage Known Official
1963	2,068	49	2.4	590	80	13.6	1,755	527	30.0
1964	2,524	70	2.8	872	161	18.5	2,277	690	30.3
1965	2,354	97	4.1	868	94	10.8	2,925	607	20.8
1966	1,937	60	3.1	530	50	9.4	2,398	1,172	48.9
1967	2,116	108	5.1	731	36	4.9	2,787	394	14.1
1968	2,378	91	3.8	2,255	1,565	69.4	4,690	2,199	46.9
1969	3,116	98	3.2	1,654	283	17.1	6,846	1,613	23.6
1970	3,906	162	4.2	1,793	296	16.5	10,980	3,320	30.2
1971	2,228	161	7.2	1,171	376	32.1	13,551	10,050	74.2
1972	2,497	160	6.4	1,722	635	36.9	23,909	18,228	76.2
1973	2,873	132	4.6	1,513	396	26.2	7,197	2,009	27.9
1974	2,922	125	4.3	1,622	467	28.8	14,750	7,040	47.7
1975	2,282	139	6.1	789	80	10.1	6,012	1,148	19.1
1976	2,016	69	3.4	666	46	6.9	3,284	472	14.4
1977	2,703	79	2.9	1,155	205	17.7	10,142	2,512	24.8
1978	2,471	90	3.6	1,001	123	12.3	9,405	4,052	43.1
1979	2,080	82	3.9	4,583	3,648	79.6	29,474	23,512	79.8
1980	1,330	67	5.0	830	404	48.7	11,964	10,081	84.3
1981	1,338	55	4.1	1,499	874	58.3	4,266	1,980	46.4
1982	1,528	..	..	2,101	..	..	5,313	..	..
1983	1,352	..	..	573	..	..	3,754	..	..
1984^(p)	1,154	..	..	1,375	..	..	26,564	..	..

Notes

^(p) Figures for 1984 are provisional

.. not available

	2nd April 1981		20th March 1985
	Index ¹ (1975=100)	$ exchange rate ²	Index ¹(1975=100)	$ exchange rate ²
Finnish markka	89.0	4.055	75.5	6.7575
French franc	87.1	4.9685	63.4	10.00
Deutschemark	121.5	2.1048	119.6	3.27
Irish punt	80.3	1.7347	65.8	0.9565
Italian lira	59.8	1047.5	44.8	2078
Japanese yen	142.4	213.4	155.1	257.45
Netherlands guilder	112.6	2.3345	110.0	3.6925
Norwegian krone	97.5	5.3785	81.3	9.3425
Spanish peseta	69.2	85.30	47.8	180.60
Swedish krone	91.7	4.593	65.9	9.305
Swiss franc	135.8	1.9187	135.0	2.763

1. Calculated from a weighted average of the bilateral exchange rates between the currency in question and other major currencies (as listed above) with the weights derived from the IMF's Multilateral Exchange Rate Model.

2. All rates are expressed as currency/$, except for sterling and the Irish punt, which are expressed as $/currency.

Industrial Disputes

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many stoppages of work due to industrial disputes known to be official took place in each year from 1963 to the most recent year for which figures are available, how many workers were involved and how many working days lost, and for each year what percentage each figure represented of the total for all stoppages.

The available information is given in the table below. Details of stoppages known to be official ceased to be published after 1981 due to the practical difficulties in distinguishing stoppages as official or otherwise.

asked Her Majesty's Government:How many stoppages of work due to industrial disputes took place in each of the following industry groups in each year from 1963 to the most recent year for which figures are available, how many workers were involved and how many working days were lost, and for each year what percentage each figure represented of the total for all stoppages:

(a) mining and quarrying;

(b) iron, including castings, and steel, including tubes;

STOPPAGES BEGINNING IN YEAR

	1963		1964		1965		1966		1967		1968		1969		1970		1971		1972
Industry	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Mining and quarrying	993	48.0	1.063	42.1	743	31.6	556	28.7	399	18.9	227	9.5	193	6.2	165	4.2	138	6.2	229	9.2
Iron, including castings and steel including tubes	52	2.5	92	3.6	103	4.4	71	3.7	106	5.0	106	4.5	169	5.4	251	6.4	118	5.3	163	6.5
Gas, electricity and water	5	0.2	17	0.7	16	0.7	8	0.4	13	0.6	14	0.6	31	1.0	20	0.5	8	0.4	12	0.5
Railways	5	0.2	5	0.2	16	0.7	11	0.6	13	0.6	11	0.5	10	0.3	29	0.7	8	0.4	3	0.1
Port and inland water transport	80	3.9	102	4.0	81	3.4	81	4.2	97	4.6	193	8.1	368	11.8	259	6.6	151	6.8	137	5.5
Public administration and defence	5	0.2	16	0.6	15	0.6	17	0.9	12	0.6	48	2.0	53	1.7	66	1.7	23	1.0	39	1.6
TOTAL (of above groups)	1.140	55.1	1.295	51.3	974	41.4	744	38.4	640	30.2	599	25.2	824	26.4	790	20.2	446	20.0	583	23.3
ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES	2.068	100.0	2.524	100.0	2.354	100.0	1.937	100.0	2.116	100.0	2.378	100.0	3.116	100.0	3.906	100.0	2.228	100.0	2.497	100.0

	1973		1974		1975		1976		1977		1978		1979		1980		1981		1982
Industry	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Mining and quarrying	305	10.6	196	6.7	217	9.5	283	14.0	272	10.1	351	14.2	309	14.9	310	23.3	305	22.8	404	26.4
Iron, including castings and steel, including tubes	163	5.7	176	6.0	120	5.3	123	6.1	129	4.8	113	4.6	90	4.3	38	2.9	24	1.8	29	1.9
Gas, electricity and water	12	0.4	23	0.8	14	0.6	26	1.3	26	1.0	16	0.6	20	1.0	11	0.8	10	0.7	9	0.6
Railways	5	0.2	11	0.4	8	0.4	5	0.2	2	0.1	12	0.5	13	0.6	13	1.0	16	1.2	14	0.9
Port and inland water transport	147	5.1	120	4.1	80	3.5	87	4.3	118	4.4	74	3.0	74	3.6	54	4.1	51	3.8	60	3.9
Public administration and defence	52	1.8	84	2.9	59	2.6	60	3.0	65	2.4	78	3.2	71	3.4	51	3.8	49	3.7	63	4.1
TOTAL (of above groups)	684	23.8	610	20.9	498	21.8	584	29.0	612	22.6	644	26.1	577	27.7	477	35.9	455	34.0	579	37.9
ALL INDUSTRIES	2.873	100.0	2.922	100.0	2.282	100.0	2.016	100.0	2.703	100.0	2.471	100.0	2.080	100.0	1.330	100.0	1.338	100.0	1.528	100.0
Note Figure for 1963 to 1969 are based on SIC 1958 and those for 1970 to 1982 on SIC 1968.									This change in classification had comparatively little effect on the above industrial groupings.

WORKERS INVOLVED IN STOPPAGES IN PROGRESS IN YEAR

	1963		1964		1965		1966		1967		1968		1969		1970		1971		1972
Industry	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage
Mining and quarrying	152.6	25.8	173.4	19.6	118.0	13.5	50.5	9.3	41.6	5.7	30.3	1.3	145.7	8.8	117.7	6.5	23.0	2.0	342.3	19.7
Iron, including castings and steel including tubes	18.7	3.2	30.3	3.4	30.3	3.5	18.1	3.3	38.8	5.3	118.5	5.2	68.9	4.1	63.1	3.5	58.1	4.9	73.8	4.3
Gas, electricity and water	1.1	0.2	2.9	0.3	3.7	0.4	2.2	0.4	3.7	0.5	3.0	0.1	10.9	0.7	3.0	0.2	1.1	0.1	11.4	0.7
Railways	0.7	0.1	2.3	0.3	3.5	0.4	2.0	0.4	12.5	1.7	1.6	0.1	2.1	0.1	14.4	0.8	2.2	0.2	22.5	1.3
Port and inland water transport	27.8	4.7	114.8	13.0	63.0	7.2	65.4	12.0	78.3	10.7	79.0	3.5	194.6	11.9	197.9	11.0	73.7	6.3	180.5	10.4
Public Administration and defence	1.8	0.3	1.5	0.2	1.5	0.2	2.7	0.5	1.1	0.1	9.1	0.4	28.3	1.7	106.7	5.9	1.2	0.1	6.1	0.4
TOTAL (of above groups)	202.7	34.2	325.2	36.8	220.0	25.1	140.9	25.9	176.0	24.0	241.5	10.7	450.5	27.1	502.8	27.9	159.3	13.5	636.6	36.7
ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES	592.5	100.0	883.0	100.0	876.4	100.0	543.9	100.0	73.7	100.0	2.257.6	100.0	1.665.0	100.0	1.800.7	100.0	1.178.2	100.0	1.734.4	100.0

	1973		1974		1975		1976		1977		1978		1979		1980		1981		1982
Industry	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage
Mining and quarrying	46.7	3.1	307.4	18.9	28.2	3.5	39.0	5.8	54.5	4.7	105.0	10.1	54.3	1.2	87.3	10.5	97.9	6.5	225.5	10.7
Iron, including castings and steel including tubes	95.9	6.3	76.3	4.7	57.1	7.1	46.7	7.0	40.9	3.5	38.5	3.7	68.2	1.5	179.7	21.6	7.1	0.5	77.6	3.7
Gas, electricity and water	26.1	1.7	8.1	0.5	4.5	0.6	27.8	4.2	20.5	1.8	5.5	0.5	9.7	0.2	1.8	0.2	4.0	0.3	52.5	2.5
Railways	25.4	1.7	24.8	1.5	3.5	0.4	5.4	0.8	0.2	0.01	1.8	0.2	25.3	0.5	13.3	1.6	2.3	0.2	153.5	7.3
Port and inland water transport	72.1	4.7	49.3	3.0	37.7	4.7	19.2	2.9	29.3	2.5	23.1	2.2	19.1	0.4	34.3	4.1	25.2	1.7	32.5	1.5
Public Administration and defence	206.4	13.5	21.1	1.3	10.0	1.2	7.1	1.1	118.9	10.2	73.2	7.0	1,090.1	23.7	85.9	10.3	758.6	50.2	233.2	11.1
TOTAL (of above groups)	472.6	30.9	487.0	29.9	141.0	17.4	145.2	21.7	264.3	22.7	247.1	23.7	1,266.7	27.5	402.3	48.3	895.9	59.2	774.8	36.8
ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES	1,527.6	100.0	1,626.4	100.0	808.9	100.0	668.0	100.0	1,165.8	100.0	1,041.5	100.0	4,607.8	100.0	833.7	100.0	1,521.5	100.0	2,102.9	100.0
Note Figures for 1963 to 1969 are based on SIC 1958 and those for 1970 to 1982 on SIC 1968.									This Change in classification had comparatively little effect on the above industrial groupings.

WORKING DAYS LOST THROUGH STOPPAGES IN PROGRESS IN YEAR

	1963		1964		1965		1966		1967		1968		1969		1970		1971		1972
Industry	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage	Number (000s)	Percentage
Mining and quarrying	326	18.6	309	13.6	413	14.1	118	4.9	108	3.9	57	1.2	1.041	15.2	1.092	9.9	65	0.5	10.800	45.2
Iron, including castings and steel including tubes	68	3.9	324	14.2	180	6.2	92	3.8	155	5.6	284	6.1	429	6.3	443	4.0	314	2.3	572	2.4
Gas, electricity and water	2	0.1	12	0.5	14	0.5	2	0.1	9	0.3	7	0.1	18	0.3	21	0.2	5	0.04	17	0.1
Railways	2	0.1	4	0.2	10	0.3	9	0.4	71	2.5	3	0.1	4	0.1	53	0.5	5	0.04	27	0.1
Port and inland water transport	46	2.6	129	5.7	105	3.6	134	5.6	606	21.7	114	2.4	424	6.2	727	6.6	173	1.3	773	3.2
Public administration and defence	3	0.2	5	0.2	8	0.3	10	0.4	1	0.04	43	0.9	179	2.6	1.100	10.0	4	0.03	27	0.1
TOTAL (of above groups)	447	25.5	783	34.4	730	25.0	365	15.2	950	34.1	508	10.8	2.095	30.6	3.436	31.3	566	4.2	12.216	51.1
ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES	1.755	100.0	2.277	100.0	2.925	100.0	2.398	100.0	2.787	100.0	4.690	100.0	6.846	100.0	10.980	100.0	13.551	100.0	23.909	100.0

	1973		1974		1975		1976		1977		1978		1979		1980		1981		1982
Industry	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage(000s)	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage
Mining and quarrying	91	1.3	5.628	38.2	56	0.9	78	2.4	97	1.0	201	2.1	128	0.4	166	1.4	237	5.6	374	7.0
Iron, including castings and steel including tubes	459	6.4	584	4.0	292	4.9	274	8.3	577	5.7	277	2.9	518	1.8	8.671	72.5	39	0.9	94	1.8
Gas, electricity and water	313	4.3	57	0.4	10	0.2	52	1.6	83	0.8	65	0.7	38	0.1	19	0.2	20	0.5	51	1.0
Railways	48	0.7	38	0.3	9	0.1	13	0.4	—	—	3	0.03	102	0.3	15	0.1	5	0.1	1.197	22.5
Port and inland water transport	154	2.1	122	0.8	324	5.4	42	1.3	1 17	1.2	97	1.0	95	0.3	144	1.2	134	3.1	106	2.0
Public administration and defence	202	2.8	194	1.3	128	2.1	63	1.9	1.133	11.2	518	5.5	2.363	8.0	79	0.7	1.076	25.2	291	5.5
TOTAL (of above groups)	1,267	17.6	6.621	44.9	819	13.6	522	15.9	2.007	19.8	1.161	12.3	3.244	11.0	9.094	76.0	1.511	35.4	2.113	39.8
ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES	7.197	100.0	14.750	100.0	6.012	100.0	3.284	100.0	10.142	100.0	9.405	100.0	29.474	100.0	11.964	100.0	14.266	100.0	5.313	100.0
Note: Figures for 1961 to 1969 are based on SIC 1958 and those for 1970 to 1982 on SIC 1968.									This change in classification has comparatively little effect on the above industrial groupings.

	STOPPAGES BEGINNING IN PERIOD						WORKERS INVOLVED IN STOPPAGES IN PROGRESS						WORKING DAYS LOST IN STOPPAGES IN PROGRESS
Industry	1982		1983		1984(P)		1982		1983		1984(P)		1982		1983		1984(P)
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage	Number(000s)	Percentage
Coal Extraction	404	26.4	355	26.3	78	6.8	225.7	10.7	133.2	23.2	279.9	19.9	377	7.1	484	12.9	22.264	83.8
Metal Processing and Manufacture	30	2.0	34	2.5	18	1.6	79.8	3.8	15.4	2.7	3.5	0.2	103	1.9	142	3.8	18	0.1
Electricity, Gas, Other Energy and Water	11	0.7	14	1.0	17	1.5	53.5	2.5	37.5	6.5	6.4	0.5	52	1.0	780	20.8	35	0.1
Railways	12	0.7	11	0.8	..	..	143.4	6.8	1.8	0.3	..	..	1,122	21.1	3	0.1	..	..
Transport Services	65	4.3	43	3.2	37	3.2	32.9	1.6	10.5	1.8	50.8	3.6	107	2.0	109	2.9	377	1.4
Public Administration, Education and Health Service	80	5.2	81	6.0	148	12.8	320.4	15.2	40.2	7.0	402.8	28.7	389	7.3	115	3.1	738	2.8
Total (of above groups)	602	39.4	538	39.8	..	..	855.7	40.7	238.6	41.6	..	..	2.150	40.5	1.633	43.5	..
ALL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES	1.528	100.0	1,352	100.0	1,134	100.0	2,102.9	100.0	573.8	100.0	1,405.3	100.0	5,313	100.0	3.754	100.0	26.564	100.0

Note

The above figures are based on SIC 1980 and not are strictly comparable with those for earlier years.

(P) Provisional

ֵ Separate figures for railways not yet available.

( c) gas, electricity and water;

( d) railways;

( e) port and inland water transport;

( f) public administration and defence; and

( g) the above groups taken together.

The available information is given in the tables below. Comparisons over time are affected by changes in the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC).

Wages And Salaries And Labour Costs

asked Her Majesty's Government:What was the relative cost in wages and salaries and in labour costs of output in the economy as a whole, in production industries, in manufacturing industries and in vehicle manufacturing industries, in each year from 1963 to the most recent year forA. Wages and salaries per unit of output

	Index 1980=100			Percentage increase on previous year
	Whole economy	Production industries	Manufacturing	Whole economy	Production industries	Manufacturing	Vehicles
1963	20.7	"	"	0.0	"	"	"
1964	21.4	"	"	3.4	"	"	"
1965	22.2	"	"	3.7	"	"	"
1966	23.4	"	"	5.4	"	"	"
1967	23.8	"	"	1.7	"	"	"
1968	24.3	"	"	2.1	"	"	"
1969	25.2	"	"	3.7	"	"	"
1970	27.6	29.5	28.1	9.5	"	"	"
1971	30.1	31.8	30.6	9.1	7.8	8.9	9.0
1972	32.8	34.8	32.6	9.0	9.4	6.5	7.9
1973	34.9	36.7	33.9	6.4	5.5	4.0	12.4
1974	42.5	43.5	40.3	21.8	18.5	18.9	19.3
1975	55.4	58.3	52.2	30.4	34.0	29.5	36.2
1976	60.9	63.0	57.8	9.9	8.1	10.7	18.0
1977	65.0	66.8	62.7	6.7	6.0	8.5	6.4
1978	72.4	74.5	71.0	11.4	11.5	13.2	17.1
1979	82.7	83.5	81.8	14.2	12.1	15.2	"
1980	100.0	100.0	100.0	20.9	19.8	22.2	"
1981	108.7	106.0	109.4	8.7	6.0	9.4	"
1982	112.8	109.2	114.4	3.8	3.0	4.6	"
1983	117.7	109.4	116.2	4.3	0.2	1.6	"
1984	"	"	120.7	"	"	4.0	"

(a) Compilation of figures ceased after 1978 " = not availableB. Labour costs per unit of output

	Index 1980=100			Percentage increase on previous year
	Whole economy	Production industries	Manufacturing	Whole economy	Production industries	Manufacturing	Vehicles
1963	19.0	"	"	0.5	"	"	"
1964	19.6	"	"	3.2	"	"	"
1965	20.5	"	"	4.6	"	"	"
1966	21.7	"	"	5.9	"	"	"
1967	22.3	"	"	2.8	"	"	"
1968	22.9	"	"	2.7	"	"	"
1969	23.8	"	"	3.9	"	"	"
1970	26.2	27.0	24.4	10.1	"	"	"
1971	28.4	29.2	26.5	8.4	8.1	8.6	9.2
1972	31.0	32.2	29.0	9.2	10.3	9.4	7.8
1973	32.9	34.1	30.8	6.1	5.9	6.2	12.6
1974	40.3	40.8	36.4	22.5	19.6	18.2	20.4
1975	53.1	55.4	49.5	31.8	35.8	36.0	36.8
1976	59.2	60.5	54.9	11.5	9.2	10.9	18.5
1977	64.1	65.3	61.4	8.3	7.9	11.8	7.3
1978	71.9	73.6	70.5	12.2	12.7	14.8	18.3
1979	82.7	83.1	82.6	15.0	12.9	17.2	"
1980	100.0	100.0	100.0	20.9	20.3	21.1	"
1981	109.3	105.9	107.6	9.3	5.9	7.6	"
1982	112.6	109.0	112.4	3.0	2.9	4.5	"
1983	116.6	108.5	113.3	3.6	-0.5	0.8	"

(a) Compilation of figures ceased after 1978" = not available

which figures are available, and what percentage increase each figure represented over the corresponding figure for the previous year.

The information readily available on a comparable basis on wages and salaries and on labour costs per unit of output, both as an index based on 1980 = 100 and as annual percentage changes, is set out in the following tables.

Industrial Production

asked Her Majesty's Government:How much was produced, how many people were employed, and how much was produced per person employed, relatively, by production industries, by manufacturing industries, by vehicle manufacturing industries, and by the whole economy, in each year from 1963 to the most recent year for which figures

Output and Employment in Production Industries in United Kingdom 1971–1983 Production Industries
	Output¹		Employed labour force		Output per head
	£ million	% change on previous year	'000	% change on previous year	£	% change on previous year
1971	18,373		10,014		1,834.7
1972	20,718	+12.8	8,708	-13.0	2,379.2	+29.7
1973	23,937	+15.5	8,726	+0.2	2,743.2	+15.3
1974	26,170	+9.3	8,760	+0.4	2,987.4	+8.9
1975	32,420	+23.9	8,393	-4.2	3,862.7	+29.3
1976	38,218	+17.9	8,165	-2.7	4,680.7	+21.2
1977	46,933	+22.8	8,208	+0.5	5,846.2	+24.9
1978	54,152	+15.4	8,166	-0.5	6,629.0	+13.4
1979	61.806	+14.1	8,136	-0.7	7,617.2	+14.9
1980	71,416	+15.5	7,824	-5.1	9,276.0	+21.8
1981	76,640	+7.3	7,089	-8.3	10,860.1	+17.1
1982	84,061	+9.7	6,743	-5.1	12,550.2	+15.6
1983	91,903	+9.3	6,426	-4.2	14,319.6	+14.1
¹ Gross domestic product (Income based measure at outtum process)

Output and Employment in United Kingdom 1971–1983 Manufacturing Industries
	Output¹		Employed labour force		Output per head
	£ million	% change	'000	% change	£	% change
1971	15,679		8,216		1,908.3
1972	17,946	+ 14.5	7,950	-3.2	2.257.4	+ 18.3
1973	20,919	+ 16.6	7,996	+0.6	2,616.2	+15.9
1974	22,829	+9.1	8,045	+0.6	2,837.7	+8.5
1975	27.615	+21.0	7,666	-4.7	3,602.3	+26.9
1976	31,757	+ 15.0	7,444	-2.9	4,226.1	+18.4
1977	38,142	+20.1	7,490	+0.6	5,092.4	+19.4
1978	43,722	+ 14.6	7,449	-0.5	5,867.1	+15.2
1979	48,298	+10.5	7,413	-0.8	6,536.5	+11.4
1980	52,490	+8.7	7.096	-5.6	7,528.7	+15.2
1981	53,883	+2.7	6,379	-8.9	8,485.5	+12.7
1982	58,282	+8.2	6,056	-5.3	9,691.1	+14.2
1983	62,258	+6.8	5,765	-4.2	10,808.7	+ 11.5
¹ Gross domestic product (Income based measure at outturn prices)

are available, and what percentage change each figure represented against the corresponding figure for the previous year.

The latest available estimates are given in the tables below. Estimates for years prior to 1971 are not yet available on a consistent basis for separate industry groups within the whole economy.

Output and employment in United Kingdom 1972–1982 Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industries⁽²⁾
	Output⁽¹⁾		Employed labour force		Output per head
	£ million	%change	'000	%change	£	%change
1972	1,337		493		2,712.0
1973	1,680	+25.7	513	+4.1	3,274.9	+20.8
1974	1,848	+9.8	500	-2.5	3,690.0	+ 12.7
1975	2,009	+8.9	460	-8.0	4,367.4	+ 18.4
1976	2.405	+ 19.7	451	-2.0	5,332.6	+22.1
1977	2,990	+24.3	467	+3.5	6,402.6	+20.1
1978	3,474	+ 16.2	452	-3.2	7,685.8	+20.0
1979	3.336	-4.0	438	-3.1	7,616.4	-0.9
1980	3,045	-8.7	410	-6.4	7,426.8	-2.5
1981	3,015	-1.0	358	-12.7	8,421.8	+13.4
1982	3,160	+4.8	323	-9.8	9,783.3	+ 16.2
⁽¹⁾ Gross domestic product (Income based measure at outturn prices).
⁽²⁾ Class 35 of Standard Industrial Classification (1980)

Output and Employment in United Kingdom 1963–83 Whole Economy
	Output⁽¹⁾		Employed labour force		Output per head
	£ million	% change	'000	% change on previous year	£	% change on previous year
1963	25,035		24,627		1,016.6
1964	27,202	+8.7	24,964	+1.4	1,089.7	+7.2
1965	28,861	+6.1	25,204	+ 1.0	1,145.1	+5.1
1966	30,459	+5.5	25,305	+0.4	1,203.7	+5.1
1967	32,153	+5.6	24,981	-1.3	1,287.1	+6.9
1968	34,573	+7.5	24,850	-0.5	1,391.3	+8.1
1969	36,370	+5.2	24,838	-0.0	1,464.3	+5.2
1970	39,854	+9.6	24,768	-0.3	1,609.1	+9.9
1971	45,152	+ 13.3	24,443	-1.3	1,847.3	+ 14.8
1972	50,291	+ 11.4	24,539	+0.4	2,049.5	+10.9
1973	59,202	+ 17.7	25,045	+2.1	2,363.9	+15.3
1974	67,855	+14.6	25,140	+0.4	2,699.1	+ 14.2
1975	84,841	+25.0	25,020	-0.5	3,391.0	+25.6
1976	100,982	+19.0	24,832	-0.8	4,066.7	+ 19.9
1977	112,271	+11.2	24.638	+0.8	4,556.7	+12.1
1978	129,434	+15.3	24,858	+0.9	5,206.9	+14.3
1979	148,333	+14.6	25,359	+2.0	5,849.4	+12.3
1980	170,610	+15.0	25,180	-0.7	6,775.5	+ 15.8
1981	186,943	+9.6	24,321	-3.4	7,686.5	+13.4
1982	202,509	+8.3	23,830	-2.0	8,498.2	+10.6
1983	222,947	+10.1	23,634	-0.8	9,433.4	+11.0
⁽¹⁾ Gross domestic product (Income based measure at outturn prices

Written Answers

Volume 461: debated on Tuesday 26 March 1985

Written Answers

Sterling Exchange Rate Index

Industrial Disputes

Wages And Salaries And Labour Costs

Industrial Production