§ Mr. William Sheltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the annual movement each year since 1964 to date in the cost-of-living index applicable to retirement pensioners.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkFollowing are the percentage increases between the last quarters of successive years from 1964 to 1972 in the indices for one-person and two-person pensioner households. The indices exclude housing costs.
One-person pensioner households Two-person pensioner households 1964 to 1965 4.3 4.4 1965 to 1966 4.0 3.7 1966 to 1967 2.2 1.9 1967 to 1968 5.2 5.3 1968 to 1969 5.4 5.6 1969 to 1970 7.9 7.6 1970 to 1971 10.5 10.1 1971 to 1972 7.3 7.4
UNEMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES FOR HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE DRIVERS June 1973 (Provisional) Unemployment Unfilled vacancies Men (aged 18 and over) Women (aged 18 and over) Men (aged 18 and over) Women (aged 18 and over) North West … … … … 746 2 884 1 Great Britain … … … … 3,466 18 7,290 4 The vacancy statistics relate only to notified vacancies remaining unfilled and do not measure the total unsatisfied demand for labour.