§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the percentage increase in the retail price 397W index and the percentage increase in national average earnings for each year since 1945.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe following are the percentage increases between successive Octobers for:
Retail Price Index Average weekly earnings of full-time manual workers 1946–47 N/A 7.3 1947–48 7.0 8.5 1948–49 3.6 3.9 1949–50 2.5 5.1 1950–51 11.9 10.4 1951–52 6.9 7.5 1952–53 1.7 5.4 1953–54 2.8 7.5 1954–55 5.3 9.0 1955–56 3.9 7.4 1956–57 4.3 5.8 1957–58 2.1 2.2 1958–59 -0.2 5.2 1959–60 2.0 6.6 1960–61 3.9 5.4 1961–62 2.9 3.3 1962–63 2.3 5.3 1963–64 4.1 8.2 1964–65 4.8 8.6 1965–66 3.8 4.2 1966–67 2.0 5.8 1967–68 5.6 7.8 1968–69 5.4 8.1 1969–70 7.4 13.5 1970–71 9.4 11.1 1971–72 7.9 15.7