§ Mr. Alisonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing personal disposable income, consumers' expenditure and personal saving as defined in Economic Trends, respectively, at constant prices per head of population for 1946, 1951 and 1960 to 1967, inclusive, and for the first nine months of 1968 in terms of an anual equivalent, and showing in each case the average annual rate of increase or decrease in 1946 to 1951, 1951 to 1964, 1960 to 1964 and 1964 to 1968.
§ Mr. DiamondFollowing is the information:
DISPOSABLE INCOME, EXPENDITURE AND SAVING PER HEAD OF POPULATION Personal disposable income revalued at 1958 prices Consumers' expenditure at 1958 prices Personal saving revalued at 1958 prices* £ million at 1958 prices 1946 258 247 11 1951 260 256 4 1960 343 318 25 1961 355 324 31 1962 354 328 26 1963 369 342 27 1964 382 352 30 1965 388 356 32 1966 393 361 32 1967 396 366 30 1968† 405 373 32 Average annual rate of increase 1946–51 0.1 0.7 —19.3 1951–64 3.0 2.5 17.0 1960–64 2.7 2.5 5.0 1964–68† 1.5 1.5 1.9 *The difference between personal disposable income and consumers' expenditure, including addition: to tax reserves. †First three quarters of 1968 adjusted to an annual rate.