§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, pursuant to his reply of 16th December 1976, he will now update the table he then published in the Official Report in answer to a Question from the hon. Member for Chingford which showed changes in the real take-home pay of an average worker.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 21st February 1977; Vol. 926, c. 421], gave the following information:
The revised figures are as follows:
Real Take-home pay at December 1976 prices £ per week December 1973 60.72 December 1974 62.96 December 1975 58.32 December 1976 56.92 The figures have been calculated on the same basis as those given in reply to the hon. Member's previous Question on 16th 240W December 1976—[Vol. 922, c. 785–6]—except that the average earnings figure and the price index now relate to December 1976.