HC Deb 18 January 1979 vol 960 cc873-4W
Mr. Tebbit

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the real personal disposable income for 1978, expressed as an index figure based on 1948 = 100.

Mr. Robert Sheldon:

Real personal disposable income for the whole of 1978 is not yet available. In the first three quarters of 1978 real personal disposable income, seasonally adjusted and expressed in index form with 1948= 100, was as follows:

1948=100
1978 Q1 218
Q2 227
Q3 229