§ Mr. Denzil DaviesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what was the income per capita in each of the regions of England as a percentage of the United Kingdom level in 1979–80 and in each succeeding year up the latest available year.
(2) what was the income per capita in Northern Ireland as a percentage of the United Kingdom level in 1979–80 and in each succeeding year up to the latest available year.
Total personal sector income per capita (United Kingdom = 100) 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 North 90.4 92.4 93.7 95.0 92.4 90.6 92.5 91.7 91.2 Yorkshire and Humberside 93.6 94.2 93.0 94.1 93.1 91.2 92.6 93.2 92.5 East Midlands 96.1 95.8 95.6 95.6 95.3 96.3 95.1 95.3 93.5 East Anglia 95.1 97.0 96.1 95.5 95.2 99.6 99.1 97.7 98.9 Greater London 123.2 122.6 124.2 122.3 121.9 122.8 125.0 124.1 126.6 Rest of South East 109.1 109.2 110.5 109.7 111.8 112.1 111.2 111.7 112.5 South East 114.8 114.6 116.0 114.7 115.8 116.3 116.6 116.6 118.0 South West 95.2 97.9 96.2 96.9 97.5 97.1 96.6 96.6 96.7 West Midlands 95.1 91.5 89.2 88.9 88.8 87.9 88.4 89.2 89.0 North West 94.5 94.6 94.3 94.0 93.1 92.7 92.4 92.5 91.7 Wales 89.3 90.2 87.7 89.6 88.9 87.5 87.9 85.4 84.2 Scotland 94.3 94.1 95.8 96.6 96.7 97.8 96.0 96.9 95.9 Northern Ireland 83.8 81.7 82.4 84.7 84.5 84.4 82.2 82.2 81.5 The figures for the last four years were published in Economic Trends No. 421 November 1988; a copy of which is available in the Library. They are income estimates for the personal sector which in addition to households include private non-profit making bodies, unincorporated private businesses, private trusts and the funds of life assurance companies and pension schemes. The figures include income from employment, self-employment, rent (including imputed rent of owner-occupied dwellings), dividends plus net interest and social security benefits.
Figures for 1987 are provisional and a revised set including the year 1988 will be available in March-April 1990.
Figures for income per capita of the household sector (as opposed to the personal sector) have also been produced for 1984 and 1987 and these were published in Economic Trends No. 429 July 1989; a copy of which is available in the Library.
The per capita income is calculated by dividing total income by resident population, including children, in each region.