Wages, Prices and Dividends (Hansard, 28 October 1954)

HC Deb 28 October 1954 vol 531 cc288-9W 288W

§ 22. Colonel Crosthwaite-Eyre
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state, taking 1938 and 1950, respectively, as the base years, the annual indices for wages, prices and gross dividends to the latest convenient date.
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§ Mr. Maudling
The latest annual indices available relate to 1953. The following are the figures:

— 1938 as 100 1950 as 100

Total wage bill 301 126

Consumer prices 227 117

Total dividends and interest paid by companies and public corporations^* 143 130

^* Comparable figures on which to base an index for dividends are not available because of changes in the company sector due to nationalisation.

—	1938 as 100	1950 as 100
Total wage bill	301	126
Consumer prices	227	117
Total dividends and interest paid by companies and public corporations^*	143	130
^* Comparable figures on which to base an index for dividends are not available because of changes in the company sector due to nationalisation.