HC Deb 27 October 1987 vol 121 cc243-4W
36. Mr. Mans

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services by how much pensioners' average weekly incomes have increased since 1979.

Mr. Scott

Between 1979 and 1985, the latest date for which information is available, pensioners' average weekly net incomes increased by some 18 per cent. in real terms.