HC Deb 27 March 1956 vol 550 c171W
27. Miss Lee

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the percentage increases of wages and salaries from 1938 until 1955, and from 1945 until 1955.

Mr. H. Macmillan

Between 1938 and 1955 the total of wages and salaries rose by 255 per cent.; figures on a comparable basis with those now published are not available for 1945, but between 1946 and 1955 the total of wages and salaries rose by 105 per cent.

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