§ 41. Mr. John Hallasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing consumers' expenditure at constant prices per household and per head of population for the years 1946 to 1967, inclusive, estimates for 1968 and 1969 corresponding to the forecasts given in Table 13 of the Financial Statement 1968–69, and the annual average increase for the periods 1946 to 1951, 1952 to 1964 and 1964 to 1967.
§ Mr. Harold LeverFigures of consumers' expenditure per head of population are given in the table, which, with permission, I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT. I regret that corresponding figures of expenditure per household are not available.
CONSUMERS' EXPENDITURE AT CONSTANT (1958) PRICES PER HEAD OF POPULATION £ £ 1946 … … 246 1958 297 1947 … … 253 1959 309 1948 … … 250 1960 319 1949 … … 253 1961 324 1950 … … 259 1962 328 1951 … … 255 1963 342 1952 … … 253 1964 352 1953 … … 264 1965 355 1954 … … 274 1966 360 1955 … … 284 1967 365 1956 … … 285 1957 … … 290 1968 (forecast) 365 1969 (forecast) 359 * Forecast for 1st half of 1969 expressed at annual rate. ANNUAL AVERAGE PERCENTAGE INCREASE 1946–51=0.7 1952–64=2.8 1964–67=1.3