asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if she will publish in the Official Report the net amount of adult male average earnings in Wales at each October since 1948 and the relationship of retirement pension for the single person and married couple to these earnings;(2) if she will publish in the
Offictal Report the gross amount of adult male average earnings in Wales at each October since 1948 and the relationship of retirement pension for the single person and married couple to these earnings.
I regret that the information is not available for the years before 1961. From that date, the information is as follows:(2) if she will print in the
Official Report the gross amount of adult male earnings in Scotland at each October since 1948, or the longest convenient period, and the relationship of retirement pension for a single person and a married couple to these earnings.
I regret that the information is not available for the years
| COMPARISON OF STANDARD RATE OF RETIREMENT PENSION WITH | |||||||||
| GROSS AND NFT AVERAGE EARNINGS* SCOTLAND | |||||||||
| Retirement pension as a percentage of gross average earnings | Net earnings after deducting tax and national insurance contributions | Retirement pension as a percentage of gross average earnings | |||||||
| Year(October) | Gross average earnings | Single Person | Married Couple | Single Person | Married Couple | Single Person | Married Couple | ||
| £ | Per cent. | Per cent. | £ | £ | Per cent. | Per cent. | |||
| 1961 | … | … | 14·25 | 20·2 | 32·5 | 11·44 | 12·13 | 25·1 | 38·1 |
| 1962 | … | … | 14·71 | 19·5 | 31·4 | 11·75 | 12·46 | 24·5 | 37·1 |
| 1963 | … | … | 15·49 | 21·8 | 35·2 | 12·32 | 13·19 | 27·4 | 41·3 |
| 1964 | … | … | 16·31 | 20·7 | 33·4 | 12·85 | 13·74 | 26·3 | 39·7 |
| 1965 | … | … | 18·45 | 21·7 | 35·2 | 14·05 | 15·00 | 28·5 | 43·3 |
| 1966 | … | … | 19·58 | 20·4 | 33·2 | 14·76 | 15·72 | 27·1 | 41·3 |
| 1967 | … | … | 20·76 | 21·7 | 35·2 | 15·47 | 16·42 | 29·1 | 44·5 |
| 1968 | … | … | 22·30 | 20·2 | 32·7 | 16·45 | 17·40 | 27·4 | 42·0 |
| 1969 | … | … | 24·06 | 18·7 | 30·3 | 17·65 | 18·60 | 25·5 | 39·2 |
| 1970 | … | … | 27·04 | 18·5 | 30·0 | 19·32 | 20·43 | 25·9 | 39·6 |
| 1971 | … | … | 29·88 | 20·1 | 32·5 | 21·06 | 22·17 | 28·5 | 43·8 |
| 1972 | … | … | 34·93 | 19·3 | 31·2 | 25·74 | 26·78 | 26·2 | 40·7 |
| 1973 | … | … | 40·35 | 19·2 | 31·0 | 29·27 | 30·31 | 26·5 | 41·2 |
| 1974 | … | … | 48·37 | 20·7 | 33·1 | 33·45 | 34·98 | 29·9 | 45·7 |
| *Average earnings of male adult, full-time, manual workers in manufacturing and certain other industries as determined by the Department of Employment's regular October inquiry. | |||||||||