HC Deb 26 February 1991 vol 186 cc437-8W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the (i) annual and (ii) quarterly rise in real personal disposable incomes since January 1979.

Mr. Maples

The rises, expressed as percentages of the level in the previous year or quarter, are given in the table:

Annual per cent.
1979 5.8
1980 1.5
1981 -0.7

Annual per cent.
1982 -0.2
1983 2.8
1984 2.4
1985 2.6
1986 4.5
1987 3.3
1988 5.7
1989 5.4

Quarterly Per cent.
1979 Q1 0.9
Q2 0.9
Q3 0.7
Q4 5.2
1980 Q1 -3.6
Q2 0.1
Q3 1.7
Q4 -0.4
1981 Q1 0.4
Q2 -1.9
Q3 -0.6
Q4 0.7
1982 Q1 -0.7
Q2 1.7
Q3 -1.0
Q4 0.4
1983 Q1 1.0
Q2 2.1
Q3 -0.4
Q4 0.7
1984 Q1 0.5
Q2 0.5
Q3 0.5
Q4 1.7
1985 Q1 -1.4
Q2 2.8
Q3 0.1
Q4 1.0
1986 Q1 0.5
Q2 2.7
Q3 0.5
Q4 0.2
1987 Q1 -0.6
Q2 2.4
Q3 1.2
Q4 1.2
1988 Q1 1.3
Q2 1.7
Q3 0.7
Q4 2.3
1989 Q1 1.0
Q2 2.2
Q3 -0.1
Q4 0.7
1990 Q1 1.6
Q2 0.7
Q3 1.0