§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the value of the earnings rule for retirement pensioners as a percentage of (a) gross and (b) net average earnings for each year since 1948; and if he will estimate the value both gross and net for November of the current year.
§ Mr. Prentice[pursuant to his reply, 24 January 1980, c. 331–2] gave the following corrected information:
The figures for gross average weekly earnings for October 1959 and May 1963 should have read £13.55 and £16.53 respectively.