HC Deb 21 January 1981 vol 997 c197W
Mr. Frank Allaun

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out for each year since 1945, or, if possible, for April and October each year, and on as

As a percentage of average male manual earnings As a percentage of average male earnings for manual and non-manual occupations
April per cent. Financial year per cent. April per cent. Financial year per cent.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1946 7 (approx) 1946/47 7(approx)
1957 (September) 7.2 1957/58 7.2
1958 7.4 1958/59 7.5
1959 7.5 1959/60 7.5
1960 7.2 1960/61 7.4
1961 7.2 1961/62 7.3
1962 7.6 1962/63 7.7
1963 7.7 1963/64 7.8
1964 7.5 1964/65 7.5
1965 7.5 1965/66 7.6
1966 7.6 1966/67 7.8
1967 8.2 1967/68 8.5
1968 8.4 1968/69 8.5
1969 8.5 1969/70 8.5
1970 8.5 1970/71 8.6 1970 7.6 1970/71 7.7
1971 8.4 1971/72 8.4 1971 7.5 1971/72 7.5
1972 8.4 1972/73 8.4 1972 7.5 1972/73 7.5
1973 (May) 9.0 1973/74 9.4 1973 (May) 8.2 1973/74 8.5
1974 8.7 1974/75 8.7 1974 7.9 1974/75 8.0
1975 7.5 1975/76 7.7 1975 6.8 1975/76 7.0
1976 7.3 1976/77 7.5 1976 6.6 1976/77 6.8
1977 7.7 1977/78 7.8 1977 7.0 1977/78 7.1
1978 7.2 1978/79 7.3 1978 6.6 1978/79 6.6
1979 6.9 1979/80 7.0 1979 6.3 1979/80 6.4
1980 6.9 1980/81 (estimated) 7.3 1980 6.2 1980/81 (estimated) 6.5
Source Department of Employment Gazette (Earnings) CIPFA and Department of Employment rent returns (Rents).
Notes:
1 Before April 1971 the rents used in arriving at the percentage ratios are rebated. This is unlikely to affect the ratios greatly because before 1972 the number of rebates received and the average amount granted were small.
2 Information on rents during the period covered by the question has been collected directly from local authorities since 1957. For 1946 an estimate was made from total rent income as shown in Housing Revenue Accounts for that year (see page 43 of Part 1 of the Technical Volume of the previous Government's Green Paper: "Housing Policy" of June 1977). Such estimates have not been made for the years between 1946 and 1957.
3 Earnings for men in manual and non-manual occupations are available only from 1970.