HC Deb 12 April 1994 vol 241 cc56-7W
Sir John Stanley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage change in real disposable income between February 1974 and May 1979; and what it has been since May 1979.

Mr. Nelson

[holding answer 31 March 1994]: Figures for real personal disposable income are available only quarterly. The total increase in RPDI between the first quarter of 1974 and the second quarter of 1979 was nearly 11 per cent. The total increase in RPDI between the second quarter of 1979 and the fourth quarter of 1993 was 42 per cent.