§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the value of the single and married person's retirement pension as a percentage of average industrial earnings for each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. DeanThe information requested is as follows:
RETIREMENT PENSION AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE INDUSTRIAL EARNINGS* FOR EACH YEAR SINCE 1963 Year (October) Single person Married couple 1963 … … 20.2 32.5 1964 … … 18.6 30.1 1965 … … 20.4 33.2 1966 … … 19.7 32.0 1967 … … 21.1 34.2 1968 … … 19.6 31.7 1969 … … 18.1 29.4 1970 … … 17.8 28.9 1971 … … 19.4 31.4 1972 … … 18.8 30.4 * Average earnings of male manual workers in manufacturing and some of the principal non-manufacturing industries.