HC Deb 06 February 1978 vol 943 cc396-7W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update the information on retirement pensions given to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North, Official Report, 22nd March 1977, c. 486.

RETIREMENT PENSION AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS* AND NET† AVERAGE EARNINGS FOR EACH YEAR SINCE 1948
Retirement pension for a single person as a percentage of Retirement pension for a married couple as a percentage of
Year (October) Gross earnings Net earnings Gross earnings Net earnings
1948 … … … … 18.9 22.4 30.4 33.8
1949 … … … … 18.2 21.7 29.5 32.9
1950 … … … … 17.3 20.2 27.9 31.0
1951 … … … … 18.1 18.7 30.1 28.5
1952 … … … … 18.2 21.3 30.2 33.3
1953 … … … … 17.2 20.0 28.5 31.4
1954 … … … … 15.9 18.7 26.4 29.3
1955 … … … … 17.9 21.3 29.1 32.4
1956 … … … … 16.8 20.1 27.3 30.7
1957 … … … … 15.9 19.2 25.8 29.3
1958 … … … … 19.5 23.9 31.2 35.9
1959 … … … … 18.4 22.4 29.5 33.9
1960 … … … … 17.2 21.1 27.5 31.9
1961 … … … … 18.7 23.6 30.1 35.8
1962 … … … … 18.1 22.9 29.2 34.8
1963 … … … … 20.2 25.6 32.5 38.8
1964 … … … … 18.6 24.0 30.1 36.5
1965 … … … … 20.4 27.0 33.2 41.2
1966 … … … … 19.7 26.2 32.0 40.1
1967 … … … … 21.1 28.4 34.2 43.4
1968 … … … … 19.6 26.6 31.7 40.8
1969§ … … … … 20.1 27.5 32.6 42.4
1969‡ … … … … 20.0 27.7 32.4 42.7
1970 … … … … 17.8 25.0 28.9 38.4
1971 … … … … 19.4 27.1 31.4 41.8
1972 … … … … 18.8 25.7 30.4 39.8
1973 … … … … 18.9 26.1 30.5 40.7
1974 … … … … 20.6 29.7 32.9 45.5
1975§ … … … … 22.3 33.3 35.6 50.6
1975‡ … … … … 22.2 33.0 35.3 50.3
1976§ … … … … 22.8 34.3 36.6 52.1
1976‡ … … … … 22.6 33.9 36.2 51.6
1977§║ … … … … 23.9 34.7 38.2 52.1
1977‡║ … … … … 23.4 34.2 37.5 51.4
* Average gross weekly earnings of male, adult full-time manual workers as determined by the Department of Employment's October enquiry into the earnings of manual workers employed in manufacturing and certain other industries and the monthly index of average earnings.
† Gross earnings less tax and national insurance contributions.
‡ November benefit rates as a percentage of estimated November earnings.
§ November benefit rates as a percentage of October earnings.
║ Provisional.