§ Mr. Lawsonasked the chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update the table of personal incomes contained in the Written Answer to the hon. Member for Blaby on 21st March, Official Report, column 321, in terms of latest available prices instead of January 1978 prices, and including comparable figures for 1978–79 based on best available estimates, stating the assumptions underlying those estimates.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe figures are as follows:
Real weekly net income at September 1978 prices Real weekly take home pay at September 1978 prices £ £ 1970–71 68.0 65.6 1971–72 70.0 67.8 1972–73 73.9 71.9 1973–74 74.4 72.5 1974–75 73.8 72.3 1975–76 70.2 68.1 1976–77 69.3 67.5 1977–78 68.3 65.7 August 1978 72.4 67.8 The figures are on the same basis as those in the previous answer except that for