§ Mr. Formanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out in convenient tabular form United Kingdom national income per head in 1945, 1951, 1964, 1970, 1974 and 1979, as compared with that of each of the United Kingdom's EEC partners.
§ Mr. BiffenThe information available is given in the table below. Data for 1945 and 1951 are not available on a comparable basis and figures for 1979 will not be available for some time; 1977 is the latest year for which data are available for the other member countries of the EEC on a consistent basis.
Two sets of figures are given in the table. The first, expressed in European
NATIONAL INCOME AT CURRENT MARKET PRICES PER HEAD OF TOTAL POPULATION Based on current exchange rates EUA* Based on purchasing power parities Purchasing power standards 1964 1970 1974 1977 1964 1970 1974 1977 United Kingdom … … 1,494 1,993 2,617 3,416 1,511 2,177 3,169 4,370 German Federal Republic … 1,584 2,688 4,598 6,545 1,563 2,515 3,874 5,592 Italy … … … … 902 1,551 2,132 2,696 987 1,685 2,513 3,414 France … … … 1,604 2,450 3,806 5,585 1,405 2,307 3,756 5,389 Netherlands … … … 1,193 2,185 4,028 6,125 1,422 2,372 3,772 5,213 Belgium … … … 1,403 2,364 4,238 6,530 1,365 2,268 3,917 5,493 Luxembourg … … … 1,589 2,655 5,468 7,367 1,569 2,639 5,295 6,378 Irish Republic … … 781 1,209 1,721 2,376 832 1,359 2,078 3,010 Denmark … … … 1,637 2,927 4,835 7,180 1,666 2,701 4,076 5,804 * European units of account. Source: United Kingdom—National Income and Expenditure 1979 edition, adjusted to international definitions. Other countries—National Accounts ESA Aggregates 1960–77 and National Accounts of OECD Countries 1952–77 (vol. 1 Main Aggregates).