§ Mr. John Hallasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing personal disposable income per head of Population at constant prices for 1946 to 1966 inclusive, and for the first nine months of 1967 expressed in terms of an annual equivalent; what the annual average increase was for the periods 1946 to 1951, 1952 to 1964 and 1964 to 1967; and what estimate he has made of the average annual rate of increase between 1967 and 1970.
§ Mr. Diamond:I will, with permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table giving the figures requested up to 1967.
314WEstimates of the rate of increase between 1967 and 1970 are not available.
Following is the table:
PERSONAL DISPOSABLE INCOML PER HEAD OF TOTAL POPULATION AT 1958 PRICES £ £ 1946 … 258 1957 … 306 1947 … 259 1958 … 309 1948 … 252 1959 … 324 1949 … 257 1960 … 343 1950 … 263 1961 … 354 1951 … 259 1962 … 353 1952 … 262 1963 … 367 1953 … 274 1964 … 382 1954 … 283 1965 … 385 1955 … 296 1966 … 387 1956 … 302 1967 … 389* *First nine months at equivalent annual rate.
Annual average increase (per cent.) 1946–1951 … … … 0.1 1952–1964 … … … 3.2 1964–1967 … … … 0.6