§ Mr. RiddickTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the trends of personal disposable incomes in Scotland over the past 15-years.
§ Mr. Allan StewartOver the 15-year period between 1973 and 1988, personal disposable income per head in Scotland increased by over a third in real terms, to £5,236 per head by 1988. Personal disposable income per head in Scotland grew slightly faster than in the United Kingdom as a whole—from 94.6 per cent. of the United Kingdom average in 1973 to 97.3 per cent. in 1988. In 1988, personal disposable income per head in Scotland was higher than in all parts of the United Kingdom except the south-east and south-west.