HC Deb 13 February 1973 vol 850 c302W
Mr. Kinnock

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the value of the single and married person's retirement pension as a percentage of average industrial earnings for each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Dean

The information requested is as follows:

RETIREMENT PENSION AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE INDUSTRIAL EARNINGS* FOR EACH YEAR SINCE 1963
Year (October) Single person Married couple
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
1972 18.8 30.4
* Average earnings of male manual workers in manufacturing and some of the principal non-manufacturing industries.