HC Deb 09 May 1978 vol 949 c487W
Mr. Baker

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish an index of real personal disposable income for each year from 1945 to 1977.

Mr. Denzil Davies

The information is given in the following table. Estimates for years before 1948 are not available.

REAL PERSONAL DISPOSABLE INCOME
(1970=100)
1948 54.0
1949 55.5
1950 57.3
1951 56.6
1952 57.4
1953 60.4
1954 62.2
1955 65.4
1956 67.1
1957 68.3
1958 69.5
1959 73.0
1960 77.8
1961 81.0
1962 81.6
1963 85.3
1964 88.4
1965 90.6
1966 92.6
1967 94.0
1968 95.7
1969 96.5
1970 100.0
1971 102.6
1972 110.7
1973 117.9
1974 119.7
1975 119.9
1976 119.6
1977 118.1

The series for the most recent years, both on an annual and quarterly basis, is published regularly on page 10 of Economic Trends.