§ Mr. Spellerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of the average manual wage the State pension was in 1951, 1971 and 1981, respectively.
§ Mr. RossiI refer my hon. Friend to table 5.1 of the Department of Health and Social Security's "Abstract of Statistics for Index of Retail Prices, Average Earnings, Social Security Benefits and Contributions", dated May 1981, a copy of which is in the Library of the House. Comparable figures for 1981 are not available.