§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of real personal disposable income was in each year since 1980; and what the percentage change was in each year compared with the previous year. [157407]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Mr. Meacher, dated 3 March 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on the level of real personal disposable income. I am replying in his absence. (157407)The information available is shown in the table. The data are presented as annual values for 1980 to 2002. Annual data for 2003 are not published until 26 March 2004.The households' series used for these data are for the combined household and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) sectors. The accounts for the household and NPISH sectors are currently combined: separate estimates are not available.
UK real households' disposable income1: 1980–2002 Real households' disposable income (£ billion)1
Percentage change, year-on-year
1980 372 1.7 1981 371 -0.5 1982 369 -0.3 1983 377 2.0 1984 391 3.7 1985 404 3.4 1986 421 4.1 1987 436 3.7 1988 460 5.5 1989 482 4.7 1990 499 3.5 1991 509 2.0 1992 523 2.8 1993 537 2.8 1994 545 1.5 1995 558 2.3 1996 571 2.4 1997 595 4.1 1998 597 0.3 1999 616 3.3 2000 655 6.2 2001 685 4.7 2002 696 1.6 1Chained volume measures, with reference year 2000. Source: UK National Accounts (ONS).