HC Deb 09 February 1988 vol 127 c171W
23. Mr. Gerald Bowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services to what extent pensioners' incomes have changed since 1979.

Mr. Scott

Pensioners' incomes grew on average by 2.7 per cent. a year in real terms between 1979 and 1985–18 per cent. over the period. This rate of increase was more than twice as fast as for the population as a whole.