§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the gross amount of adult male average earnings and the relationship of retirement pensions for a single person and a married couple to these earnings for each year since 1948.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownThe information for the years 1948 to 1972 was contained in a reply to the hon. Member given on 23rd July 1973.—[Vol. 860, c.295.]
The information for October 1973 is as follows:
The standard rates of retirement pension as a percentage of gross earnings Gross earnings* Single person Married couple £40.92 … … 18.9 30.5 * Average earnings of male, adult, full-time manual workers in manufacturing and certain other industries as determined by the Department of Employment's regular October inquiry.