§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the value of the retirement pension for a single person and a married couple as a proportion of average net earnings for all males and all manually employed males for each year between November 1978 and the latest date available.
§ Mr. ScottThe information requested is in the table.
Retirement pension as a percentage of net average weekly earnings at uprating date Date Male manual workers All male workers Single Couple Single Couple November 1978 32.3 48.9 29.8 45.3 November 1979 31.8 48.4 29.2 44.6 November 1980 32.8 49.7 29.1 44.4 November 1981 33.4 50.9 29.3 44.9 November 1982 35.0 53.1 30.6 46.7 November 1983 33.9 51.3 29.5 44.9 November 1984 32.9 49.6 28.4 43.2 November 1985 33.1 49.9 28.5 43.3 July 1986 31.6 47.8 27.0 41.1 April 1987 30.1 45.7 25.3 38.8