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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1023634/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><strong>Growth in labour productivity, 2000 \u2013 2022<\/strong><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year <\/strong> <strong>(<\/strong><sup>f<\/sup><strong> \u2013 forecast)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Output per hour worked, % change on previous year, seasonally adjusted<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2000<\/p><\/td><td><p>3.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2001<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2002<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2003<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2004<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2005<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2006<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2007<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008<\/p><\/td><td><p>-0.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009<\/p><\/td><td><p>-1.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>-0.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>-0.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018<sup>f<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>0.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019<sup>f<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>0.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2020<sup>f<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>0.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2021<sup>f<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>1.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2022<sup>f<\/sup><\/p><\/td><td><p>1.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><ul><li>The table presents past and projected annual growth rates of UK labour productivity defined as output per hour worked.<\/li><li>The growth rates for the period 2000 to 2017 were obtained from the ONS (Labour productivity time series (PRDY), UK<em> Whole Economy: Output per hour worked % change per annum SA<\/em>, released 5th October 2018, <a href=\"https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/labourproductivity/timeseries/lzvd/prdy\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li><li>The projected future growth rates (2018 \u2013 2022) were published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in the <em>Economic and Fiscal Outlook \u2013 October 2018<\/em> (page 87, Table 3.10 Detailed summary forecast, <a href=\"https://obr.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-october-2018/\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the annual growth rates of labour productivity in each year since 2000; and what rates they forecast for each year to 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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