Written question asked by Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 July 2002. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 July 2002 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his most recent estimate is of the gap between value-added per employee in the public and private sectors in the UK.

Answer: Mr. Hammond: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of the gap between value-added per employee in the public and private sectors in the UK. [73653] John Healey: The Office for National Statistics publish data on jobs in the public and private sectors annually in an article in Economic Trends. The latest, which gives data for 2001, appeared in the June 2002 edition of Economic Trends (page 39-52). Value Added by sector of the UK economy is available in the ONS Blue book. The latest Blue book dataset, including statistics for 2001, will be published on 26 July.

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