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Mr. Ted Fletcher
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report the rates of retirement pensions as a percentage of the average wage in manufacturing industry for each quarterly period since 1970.
Mr. O'Malley
The information is as follows:
| RETIREMENT PENSION IN RESPECT OF A SINGLE PERSON AND A MARRIED COUPLE AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS AVERAGE EARNINGS* | ||
| Pension as a percentage of earnings | ||
| Date | Single Person Percentage | Married Couple Percentage |
| 1970— | ||
| February | 18·9 | 30·6 |
| May | 18·3 | 29·6 |
| August | 17·6 | 28·4 |
| November | 17·1 | 27·7 |
| 1971— | ||
| February | 16·8 | 27·2 |
| May | 16·4 | 26·6 |
| August | 16·1 | 26·1 |
| November | 19·1 | 30·8 |
| 1972— | ||
| February† | — | — |
| May | 17·7 | 28·7 |
| August | 17·2 | 27·9 |
| November | 18·4 | 29·7 |
| 1973— | ||
| February | 18·1 | 29·3 |
| May | 17·4 | 28·1 |
| August | 16·8 | 27·1 |
| November | 18·4 | 29·7 |
| 1974— | ||
| February‡ | 19·0 | 30·6 |
| May | 17·7 | 28·6 |
| August | 21·1 | 33·7 |
| November | 19·5 | 31·1 |
| 1975— | ||
| February | 18·8 | 30·0 |
| May | 21·1 | 33·7 |
| August | 19·6 | 31·2 |
| November§ | 21·4 | 34·2 |
| * Estimated average earnings of full-time male manual workers in the manufacturing industries based on the Department of Employment's regular October inquiry. | ||
| † As industrial activity was severely disrupted by restricted electricity supplies, the monthly survey was not carried out in February and so no figures are available for this month. | ||
| ‡ These figures reflect temporary reductions in earnings while three-day working and other restrictions were in operation. | ||
| § Provisional. | ||