Personal Income

HC Deb 30 October 1987 vol 121 cc458-9W

Mr. Meacher

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage increase in real personal disposable income during the years 1957 to 1964, 1964 to 1970, 1970 to 1974, 1974 to 1979, 1979 to 1983, and 1983 to 1987; and what was the average annual percentage increase for each of these periods.

Mr. Norman Lamont

The information requested is given in the table. Data for 1987 are not yet available so the growth in real personal disposable income for the period 1983–86 is given instead.

	Growth in real personal disposable income	Average annual growth rate
	per cent.	per cent.
1957–1964	30.5	3.9
1964–1970	13.0	2.1

	Growth in real personal disposable income	Average annual growth rate
	per cent.	per cent.
1970–1974	16.0	3.8
1974–1979	11.2	2.1
1979–1983	2.1	0.5
1983–1986	10.0	3.2

SourceCentral Statistical Office.

Figures for annual average growth rates for real personal disposable income over time periods from 1948 to 1986 are published in table 15.13 of the 1987 edition of "United Kingdom National Accounts " (the CSO Blue Book).