Living Standards

HC Deb 16 May 1996 vol 277 c566W

Mr. Michael Brown

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the annual change in average United Kingdom living standards for each year since 1966. [28510]

Mr. Jack

Real personal disposable income per head increased by 90 per cent. over the period 1966 to 1995, an annual rate of growth of 2.2 per cent.