HC Deb 16 November 1977 vol 939 c227W
Mr. Aitken

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate

RETIREMENT PENSION FOR A SINGLE PERSON AND A MARRIED COUPLE AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS* AND NET† AVERAGE EARNINGS
Single Person Married Couple
Date Gross Earnings Per cent. Net Earnings Per cent. Gross Earnings Per cent. Net Earnings Per cent.
October 1973 18.9 26.1 30.5 40.7
August 1977‡ 21.3 30.9 34.1 46.4
November 1977§ 24.4 35.4 39.0 53.0
* Estimates made by the Department of Health and Social Security based on the average gross weekly earnings of male adult, full-time manual workers in manufacturing and certain other industries as determined by the Department of Employment's October inquiry and the Monthly Index of Average Earnings.
† Gross earnings less tax and national insurance contributions.
‡Pension rates introduced in November 1976 as a percentage of the provisional earnings figures for August 1977, the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Pension rates introduced in November 1977 as a percentage of the provisional earnings figures for August 1977, the latest date for which figures are available.