Written question asked by Lord Willetts (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 January 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 January 2005. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 January 2005 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

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Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what GDP per hour worked in the UK has been on a constant price basis in each year since 1979. - Inc text of letter from Colin Mowl of the Office for National Statistics.

Answer: Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what GDP per hour worked in the UK has been on a constant price basis in each year since 1979. [210606] Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. David Willetts, dated 26 January 2005: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on the levels of constant price GDP per hour worked in the UK in each year since 1979.1 am replying in his absence. (210606) The National Statistics measure of output per hour uses Gross Value Added rather than Gross Domestic Product as the numerator. The table below shows the index of whole economy GVA per hour from 1993, which is when the hours series is available from. Index of whole economy GVA per hour, 1993-2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Whole economy GVA per hour1 1993 84.5 1994 87.0 1995 88.3 1996 90.0 1997 91.3 1998 93.8 1999 95.4 2000 98.9 2001 100.0 2002 101.7 2003 103.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 2001=100

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