HC Deb 28 April 1969 vol 782 c172W
62. Mr. Emery

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the percentage increase of interest and dividends, of wages and salaries, of salaries alone, and of wages alone, respectively, in each year from 1964; and what is the ratio of increase between interest and dividends and wages and salaries over the whole period.

Mr. Taverne

The figures requested are given in the table below. They are based on the information given in the White Paper "Preliminary Estimates of National Income and Balance of Payments 1963 to 1968" (Cmnd. 3983). Separate figures for wages and salaries in 1968 are not yet available but will be published later in the year in the National Income Blue Book.

PERCENTAGE CHANGES
Payment of dividends and interest by corporate sector Wages and Salaries Wages Salaries
1964 to 1965 14.7 7.6 6.6 9.1
1965 to 1966 6.1 6.6 5.3 8.7
1966 to 1967 3.3 2.8 0.7 5.8
1967 to 1968 12.4 6.6 Not available
1964 to 1968 9.0 5.9
(annual average)