HC Deb 24 March 1970 vol 798 c372W
117. Sir B. Craddock

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the annual average percentage rise in real personal savings between 1951 and 1964, between 1959 and 1964, and what it has been since 1964.

Mr. Taverne

17.8 per cent. between 1951 and 1964, 14.7 per cent. between 1959 and 1964 and minus 0.5 per cent. between 1964 and 1969, based on the seasonally adjusted figures for the first three quarters of 1969.