HC Deb 15 October 1946 vol 427 c151W
65 Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenport

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the purchasing value of the £ relative to 1914 on 1st July, 1945, and 1st October, 1946, respectively.

Mr. Dalton

Forty-eight per cent, at 1st July, 1945, and 49 per cent, at 1st September, 1946, the latest date for which a figure is available.