A few dozen homes are broken into every day in the GVA.

Sources familiar with the deal said the terms valued GVA at about 150 million pounds.

They come to this conclusion by gradually stripping away various elements of GVA per capita.

GVA comparisons are also skewed by the number of hours worked in different parts of the country.

This compared with GVA per person in manufacturing of £78,000 a year.