HC Deb 04 March 1969 vol 779 c74W
Mr. Alison

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing personal disposable income, consumers' expenditure and personal saving as defined in Economic Trends, respectively, at constant prices per head of population for 1946, 1951 and 1960 to 1967, inclusive, and for the first nine months of 1968 in terms of an anual equivalent, and showing in each case the average annual rate of increase or decrease in 1946 to 1951, 1951 to 1964, 1960 to 1964 and 1964 to 1968.

Mr. Diamond

Following is the information:

DISPOSABLE INCOME, EXPENDITURE AND SAVING PER HEAD OF POPULATION
Personal disposable income revalued at 1958 prices Consumers' expenditure at 1958 prices Personal saving revalued at 1958 prices*
£ million at 1958 prices
1946 258 247 11
1951 260 256 4
1960 343 318 25
1961 355 324 31
1962 354 328 26
1963 369 342 27
1964 382 352 30
1965 388 356 32
1966 393 361 32
1967 396 366 30
1968† 405 373 32
Average annual rate of increase
1946–51 0.1 0.7 —19.3
1951–64 3.0 2.5 17.0
1960–64 2.7 2.5 5.0
1964–68† 1.5 1.5 1.9
*The difference between personal disposable income and consumers' expenditure, including addition: to tax reserves.
†First three quarters of 1968 adjusted to an annual rate.