HC Deb 13 March 1968 vol 760 c333W
Mrs. Ewing

asked the Minister of Labour what was the average income per head of population in Scotland and England, respectively, in each of the last 10 years to the latest convenient date.

Mr. Hattersley

Estimates are available from the Family Expenditure Survey but only since the year 1961. Average weekly income per capita was as follows:

(Shillings a week)
England Scotland
1961 135 118
1962 142 116
1963 151 125
1964 160 137
1965 171 149
1966 185 159

The figures are derived from information provided by nearly 3,000 households in England and about 300 in Scotland which co-operate each year in the Survey. They are subject to sampling error.

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