§ Sir Thomas ArnoldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report the method by which he calculates personal real disposable income.
§ Mr. LilleyPersonal disposable income is calculated by deducting from total personal income before tax the sum of United Kingdom taxes on income, social security contributions, payments of the community charge, but not, in the past, payments of rates and transfers abroad. Real personal disposable income is derived by dividing personal disposable income by the consumers' expenditure deflator the ratio of consumers' expenditure at current prices to consumers' expenditure revalued at constant 217W prices. A description of the personal sector and of the methods of calculating the various compoenents of the personal disposable income calculation can be found in chapter 6, part A of the Central Statistical Office's "United Kingdom National Accounts: Sources and Methods".