§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report figures showing the internal purchasing power of the £ sterling taking it as 20 shillings—100 pence—in 1975, for each subsequent year, in terms of shillings and pence and in pence since the introduction of decimal currency.
§ Mr. Bruce-GardyneTaking the internal purchasing power of the pound sterling as 20 shillings (100 pence) in1975, its value in terms of shillings and pence anti in pence since that date is given below:
Year Shillings/Pence Decimal currency 1975 20/-d 100p 1976 17/2d 86p 1977 14/10d 74p 1978 13/8d 68p 1979 12/1d 60p 1980 10/2d 51p *1981 9/2d 46p *Provisional.