§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether, in order to facilitate reactor choice, he is prepared to accept the offer of Kraftwerk Union to provide all the data required by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate about the West German design of a PWR for evaluation without either the Central Electricity Generating Board or the South of Scotland Electricity Board issuing either a letter of intent or entering into a firm commitment of any sort.
Estimated number of minutes work required to pay for item in October October October October October 1950 1960 1970 1975 1977 1 pint of ordinary milk … … 8 7 6 4 5 1 pint of bitter beer … … 23 13 14 12 13 Data are not available for January 1978. The figures used are the estimated gross weekly earnings and hours for men aged 21 and over in manufacturing and certain other industries covered by the Department of Employments' regular October inquiry into the earnings and hours of manual workers. The results for October 1977 are not yet available but an estimate has been made.
The beer prices used may not be fully comparable over a period of time of the length quoted.