§ Sir J. Edenasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what sum he has made available to the Sahara reclamation programme in their campaign to co-ordinate the international efforts to
INCREASE SINCE 1951 IN GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, NATIONAL INCOME, RETIREMENT PENSIONS AND AVERAGE EARNINGS; (a) Retirement Pensions Gross National Product National Income Total expenditure Rate for a single person (b) Men's average earnings (c) 1951 … … 100 100 100 100 100 1952 … … 108 108 116 108 108 1953 … … 116 116 127 108 114 1954 … … 123 123 130 108 123 1955 … … 131 131 154 133 134 1956 … … 143 142 167 133 143 1957 … … 150 150 174 133 152 1958 … … 157 157 225 167 155 1959 … … 164 164 246 167 163 1960 … … 174 174 253 167 175 1961 … … 186 186 286 192 185 1962 … … 193 192 304 192 191 1963 … … (d) (d) (d) 225 202 (a) All figures are for the United Kingdom. (b) Figures relate to October in each year. The figure of 30s. (not 26s.) has been taken for October, 1951. (c) Average earnings of male manual wage earners in manufacturing and some of the principal non-manufacturing industries covered by the Ministry of Labour's half-yearly enquiry into earnings. Figures relate to October in each year. (d) Figures not yet available.