HC Deb 29 June 1972 vol 839 cc394-5W
Mr. Hall-Davis

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of male average earnings in manufacturing industry was the single person's and married couple's basic National Insurance retirement pension, respectively, in each year from 1950 to 1971.

Mr. Dean

The information is given in the following table:

THE RELATIONSHIP OF RETIREMENT PENSION FOR A SINGLE PERSON AND MARRIED COUPLE TO THE MALE AVERAGE EARNINGS IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY*AT EACH OCTOBER SINCE 1950
Single Person Married Couple
Year Percentage of average earnings Percentage of average earnings
1950 … 17.3 27.9
1951 … 18.1 30.1
1952 … 18.2 30.3
1953 … 17.2 28.5
1954 … 15.9 26.4
1955 … 17.9 29.2
1956 … 16.8 27.3
1957 … 15.9 25.8
1958 … 19.5 31.2
1959 … 18.4 29.5
1960 … 17.2 27.5
1961 … 18.7 30.1
1962 … 18.1 29.2
1963 … 20.2 32.5
1964 … 18.6 30.1
1965 … 20.4 33.2
1966 … 19.7 32.0
1967 … 21.1 34.2
1968 … 19.6 31.7
1969 … 18.1 29.4
1970 … 17.8 28.9
1971 … 19.4 31.4
*Based on the Department of Employment's inquiry into average earnings of full time manual wage earners in manufacturing and some of the principal non-manufacturing industries conducted n October each year.