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New figures show Scotland is third most productive UK region

New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show Scotland to be the third most prosperous part of the UK after London and south-east England, according to the leading measure of the value of goods and services produced per person (GVA).

Data from the ONS regional, sub-regional and local gross value added report – the most accurate picture so far of the performance of component parts of the UK in 2010 – show that Scotland's annual per head GVA of £20,220 is surpassed only by London (£35,026) and the south-east (£21,924).