§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update to April 1987 the information on net earnings provided in his reply of 10 February to the hon. Member for Fulham (Mr. Raynsford), Official Report, columns 177–78.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[pursuant to his reply, 25 March 1987, c. 215]: It is not possible to provide estimates of the levels of earnings of the top 5 per cent. of earners in April 1987 until the 1987 "New Earnings Survey" is published. Results normally become available in the autumn.