§ Mr. Alisonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish figures at constant 1963 prices per head of population for the years 1946 to 1969, inclusive, and for the first quarter of 1966 and the fourth quarter of 1969, seasonally adjusted, of personal income before tax, payment of United Kingdom taxes on income, National Insurance contributions, etc., personal disposable income, consumers' expenditure and personal saving, showing in each case the total and annual average percentage increases in the periods 1946 to 1951, 1951 to 1964, 1964 to 1969, 1966 to 1969 and first quarter of 1966 to fourth quarter of 1969.
§ Mr. Taverne:For the figures from 1946 to 1964, inclusive I would refer the 119W hon. Member to my reply to a similar Question by the hon. Member for Seven-oaks (Sir J. Rodgers) on 18th November, 1969. Figures from 1965 onwards are given in the table below. I would point out that because of random fluctuations
ESTIMATES PER HEAD OF POPULATION AT 1963 PRICES* Personal income before tax United Kingdom tax payments National insurance etc. contributions Personal disposable income† Consumers' expenditure Saving‡ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1965 … 511 57 29 425 388 36 1966 … 522 61 29 431 395 36 1967 … 532 65 30 436 401 35 1968 … 544 70 33 441 407 34 1969 … 547 74 32 440 407 34 1966 1st quarter … 136 17 7 111 99 12 1969 4th quarter … 139 19 8 111 103 9
PERCENTAGE INCREASE 1946–1951 … 0.1 -19.6 96.9 0.5 3.6 -66.9 1951–1964 … 49.0 54.6 104.7 45.7 35.9 704.8 1964–1969 … 10.6 46.9 24.0 5.3 5.7 -0.3 1966–1969 … 4.8 21.1 8.8 2.2 3.0 -6.6 1966 1st quarter to 1969 4th quarter 2.3 10.5 13.7 — 3.7 -30.1
ANNUAL AVERAGE INCREASE (PER CENT.) 1946–1951 … — -4.3 14.5 0.1 0.7 -19.9 1951–1964 … 3.1 3.4 5.7 2.9 2.4 17.4 1964–1969 … 2.0 8.0 4.4 1.0 1.1 -0.1 1966–1969 … 1.6 6.6 2.9 0.7 1.0 -2.3 1966 1st quarter to 1969 4th quarter .6 2.7 3.5 — 1.0 -9.1 *Individual items do not necessarily add to totals because of rounding. †This column also takes account of net transfers to or from abroad. ‡Before providing for depreciation, stock appreciation and additions to tax reserves.