HC Deb 10 July 1973 vol 859 cc306-9W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been, for each month since January 1960, the percentage increase in the retail price index compared to the level of the index for 12 months previously.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

Following is the information:

January February March April May June July August September October November December
1960 … … − 0.5 − 0.4 − 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.0 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.8
1961 … … 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.2 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.5 4.4
1962 … … 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.1 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.3 2.6
1963 … … 2.7 3.5 3.2 2.1 1.7 1.0 0.8 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.2 1.9
1964 … … 1.9 1.2 1.4 2.0 3.0 3.4 4.0 4.7 4.4 4.1 4.6 4.8
1965 … … 4.6 4.5 4.5 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.5
1966 … … 4.4 4.5 4.3 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.9 3.6 3.8 4.0 3.7
1967 … … 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.0 2.2 2.4 2.2 1.4 1.5 2.0 1.9 2.5
1968 … … 2.6 3.0 3.4 4.4 4.6 4.6 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.6 5.2 5.9
1969 … … 6.2 6.2 6.3 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.4 4.7
1970 … … 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.6 6.1 5.9 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.4 7.9 7.9
1971 … … 8.5 8.5 8.8 9.4 9.8 10.3 10.1 10.3 9.9 9.4 9.2 9.0
1972 … … 8.2 8.1 7.6 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.8 6.6 7.0 7.9 7.6 7.7
1973 … … 7.7 7.9 8.2 9.2 9.5 — — — — — — —

Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentages increase in the Retail Price Index and in the average weekly earnings of full-time manual workers for 1972–73.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

In April 1973 average earnings—including non-manual and part-time employees—were 13.3 per cent. higher than in April 1972 and retail prices 92 per cent. higher.

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