HC Deb 21 February 1991 vol 186 c214W
Mr. Alton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list, as a percentage of total household disposable income, net savings in the United Kingdom in each year since 1985.

Mr. Maples

The estimates for the period 1985 to 1989 are as follows:

Balance (household income less expenditure) as percentage of total household disposable income
Percentage
1985 0.5
1986 -0.4
1987 -1.9
1988 -2.6
1989 -1.8