§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what representations his Department has received regarding the disposable income level of disabled graduates;
Earnings and Prices Levels Year (April) Lecturer maximum salary (£)1 Retail prices index2 Average United Kingdom earnings (£)3 Real terms lecturers' salaries6 Real terms average United Kingdom earnings6 1970 3,105 100 1,347 3,105 1,347 1979 8,452 295.4 4,633 2,861 1,568 19894 520,469 621.9 12,464 3,291 2,004
Percentage Increases Lecturers' salaries (cash) Retail prices index Average United Kingdom earnings (cash) Lecturers' salaries (real terms) Average earnings (real terms) April 1970–April 1979 172 195.4 244 -8 16 April 1979–April 1989 5142 110.5 169 15 28 April 1970–April 1989 5559 521.9 825 6 49 1 Excludes non salary earnings. 2 Based on April 1970=100. 3 Average earnings for all occupations males and females combined, excluding those whose pay has been affected by absence. Figures are on a full-time adult rates basis and are taken from the new earnings survey. 4 April 1990 salary data not yet available. 5 Excludes maximum of discretionary range = £22,872 effective from 1 October 1989. Inclusion of this attainable maximum salary indicates 171 per cent, increase during the period April 1979–October 1989, and 637 per cent, increase during the period April 1970–October 1989. 6 Both at April 1970 prices.