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<p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and
Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The
Rt Hon. the Lord Wigley</p><p>House of Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p>11
December 2023</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Dear Lord Wigley,</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As
National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding
to your Parliamentary Question asking for the latest annual figures for gross value
added per head of population for (1) England, (2) Wales, (3) Scotland, and (4) Northern
Ireland <strong>(HL898)</strong>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The latest available
annual figures are for the calendar year 2021, published on 25 April 2023 as part
of the regional economic activity by gross domestic product UK: 1998 to 2021 [1] release.
Although the headline statistics in this release focus on gross domestic product (GDP),
the published tables also include gross value added (GVA) estimates, which differ
from GDP only in that they exclude the effect of taxes (less subsidies) on products.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The GVA per head figures you have requested are as follows:</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>(1) England, £31,138 per person</p><p>(2) Wales, £22,380 per person</p><p>(3)
Scotland, £27,361 per person</p><p>(4) Northern Ireland, £24,007 per person</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Professor Sir Ian
Diamond</p><p><br>[1] <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossvalueaddedgva/datasets/nominalregionalgrossvalueaddedbalancedperheadandincomecomponents"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossvalueaddedgva/datasets/nominalregionalgrossvalueaddedbalancedperheadandincomecomponents</a></p>
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