§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the annual percentage increase in each of the last five financial years of average industrial weekly earnings and the annual percentage increase in the basic retirement pension for a single person.
§ Mr. RossiI refer my hon. Friend to the information set out at table 5.1 and tables 2.3 and 2.4 of the June 1982 issue of the Department's Abstract of Statistics for Index of Retail Prices, Average Earnings, Social Security Benefits and Contributions, a copy of which is in the Library.