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Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 14 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 October 2003. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Thursday, 23 October 2003 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the productivity performance figures were for each year since 1997 expressed as (a) output per worker and (b) output per hour; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.
Answer

Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the productivity performance figures were for each year since 1997 expressed as (a) output per worker and (b) output per hour; and if he will make a statement. [132879] John Healey: In the UK output per worker is measured as output per filled job. Productivity performance figures are published regularly by the Office for National Statistics. Figures for 1997 to 2002 (the last complete year for which figures are available) are given in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Output per filled job (index 2000 = 100) Output per hour worked (Index 2000 = 100) 1997 94.6 92.2 1998 96.5 94.8 1999 97.6 96.4 2000 100 100 2001 101.1 100.9 2002 102.5 102.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
132879; 411 c652W;411 c656W
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Productivity
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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