HC Deb 15 November 1978 vol 958 cc259-60W
Mr. Forman

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out in convenient tabular form by how much real personal disposable income increased or decreased in the United Kingdom in each year since the last war for which official figures are available, taking the first available year as 100 and basing an index on that.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

Following are the figures:

Real personal disposable income (1975 prices)
1948=100
1948 100.0
1949 102.8
1950 106.1
1951 104.8
1952 106.3
1953 111.6
1954 115.3
1955 120.7
1956 123.8
1957 125.9
1958 128.1
1959 134.8
1960 143.6
1961 149.5
1962 150.6
1963 157.3
1964 163.1
1965 167.3
1966 170.9
1967 173.3
1968 176.7
1969 178.4
1970 184.4
1971 189.7
1972 204.6
1973 217.1
1974 218.6
1975 217.1
1976 216.6
1977 213.4
Year-to-year percentage changes in real personal disposable income, in total and per capita, are given on pages 131 and 132 of the October 1978 edition of "Economic Trends".