§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Employment for each year since 1960, what was (a) the average industrial male earnings and (b) the personal disposable income per head.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following estimates of (a) average gross weekly earnings are based on my Department's regular inquiry each October into the earnings and hours of manual workers in manufacturing industries in the United Kingdom. They relate to full-time manual men aged 21 and over. The estimates of (b) annual income per head of population in the 172W United Kingdom are compiled by the Central Statistical Office using the national accounts definition of personal disposable income.
(a) (b) Year Average gross weekly earnings of manual men in manufacturing industry in October Annual personal disposable income per head of population £ £ 1960 … … 15.16 347 1961 … … 15.89 369 1962 … … 16.34 383 1963 … … 17.29 405 1964 … … 18.67 432 1965 … … 20.16 461 1966 … … 20.78 488 1967 … … 21.89 506 1968 … … 23.62 538 1969 … … 25.54 572 1970 … … 28.91 626 1971 … … 31.37 690 1972 … … 36.20 792 1973 … … 41.52 908 1974 … … 49.12 1,077 1975 … … 59.74 1,326 1976 … … 67.83 1,521