§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
- (a) whether they will publish a table showing the amount of alcoholic drink bought in the United Kingdom in each of the years since 1963, taking
888 1963 as 100 showing also the amounts of wine, cider and perry; spirits; and beer respectively and giving a similar series of total consumers' expenditure at constant prices over the same period; - (b) whether they will publish a table showing real personal disposable income per head; the real price of beer; the real price of spirits; the real price of wine, cider and perry and the real price of all alcoholic drink in each of the years since 1963.
§ Baroness YoungThe information currently available is listed below. It has not been possible to give the noble Lord the exact information which he asked for. But I will write to the noble Lord as soon as the outstanding information becomes available.
CONSUMERS' EXPENDITURE AT CONSTANT PRICES
1—Total
2—Beer
3—Spirits
4—Wine, Cider and Perry
1975 prices, £ million 1 2 3 4 1963 49,725 1,778 673 361 1964 51,274 1,860 726 407 1965 52,131 1,875 697 397 1966 53,184 1,935 723 429 1967 54,385 1,999 736 481 1968 56,026 2,064 788 534 1969 56,313 2,188 750 522 1970 57,814 2,265 880 547 1971 59,724 2,372 933 632 1972 63,270 2,447 1,062 719 1973 66,332 2,589 1,317 870 1974 65,113 2,590 1,408 894 1975 64,749 2,680 1,342 834 1976 64,815 2,738 1,312 888 1977 64,583 2,728 1,370 925 1978 68,222 2,803 1,487 1,023 1979 71,485 2,834 1,644 1,097 1980 71,477 2,721 1,553 1,093 1981 71,447 2,565 1,465 1,098 889WA
1963=100 1 2 3 4 1963 100 100 100 100 1964 103 105 108 113 1965 105 105 104 110 1966 107 109 107 119 1967 109 112 109 133 1968 113 116 117 148 1969 113 123 111 145 1970 116 127 131 152 1971 120 133 139 175 1972 127 138 158 199 1973 133 146 196 241 1974 131 146 209 248 1975 130 151 199 231 1976 130 154 195 246 1977 130 153 204 256 1978 137 158 221 283 1979 144 159 244 304 1980 144 153 231 303 1981 144 144 218 304 890WA
REAL PERSONAL DISPOSABLE INCOME PER HEAD 1975 prices £ 1963 1,001 1964 1,032 1965 1,052 1966 1,070 1967 1,081 1968 1,099 1969 1,106 1970 1,148 1971 1,161 1972 1,259 1973 1,344 1974 1,325 1975 1,320 1976 1,311 1977 1,295 1978 1,401 1979 1,494 1980 1,509 1981 1,475
REAL PRICES Beer Wines and Spirits All alcoholic drink January 1963 100 100 100 1964 102 98 100 1965 105 100 103 1966 108 103 106 1967 110 104 108 1968 107 100 105 1969 108 103 106 1970 112 99 107 1971 111 94 105 1972 105 88 99 1973 104 84 97 1974 94 77 88 1975 94 74 87 1976 96 76 89 1977 100 72 89 1978 100 70 88 1979 97 67 85 1980 103 65 87 1981 105 65 88 January 1982 111 65 91 May 1982 114 67 94 House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before midnight.