§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table indicating, on the basis of the most recent information available, what the average pre-tax per capita personal income is in each of the standard regions of the United Kingdom; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.
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§ Mr. Norman LamontThe estimates of the average pretax personal income per head, in each of the standard regions for each year since 1979 are as follows:
Region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 United Kingdom 3,040 3,594 3,941 4,315 4,646 4,971 5,368 North 2,781 3,345 3,724 4,122 4,344 4,489 4,946 Yorkshire and Humberside 2,849 3,393 3,661 4,082 4,348 4,420 4,941 East Midlands 2,941 3,458 3,800 4,187 4,512 4,886 5,128 East Anglia 2,870 3,426 3,731 4,175 4,564 4,919 5,291 South East 3,441 4,072 4,511 4,852 5,276 5,692 6,114 Greater London 3,671 4,314 4,796 5,206 5,691 6,106 6,631 Rest of South East 3,284 3,908 4,322 4,617 5,004 5,421 5,778 South West 2,940 3,520 3,832 4,233 4,571 4,908 5,171 West Midlands 2,944 3,388 3,618 3,963 4,237 4,620 5,012 North West 2,890 3,426 3,760 4,114 4,384 4,735 5,129 England 3,093 3,659 4,013 4,382 4,721 5,058 5,455 Wales 2,753 3,243 3,482 3,857 4,082 4,256 4,710 Scotland 2,882 3,403 3,766 4,179 4,537 4,841 5,240 Northern Ireland 2,503 2,895 3,183 3,595 3,769 4,058 4,341