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Mr. Ralph Howell
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will confirm that the medical staff of National Health Service hospitals are no longer are no longer responsible for the standard of nursing work and nursing discipline within National Health Service hospitals.
| RETIREMENT PENSION AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS* AND NET† AVERAGE EARNINGS FOR EACH YEAR SINCE 1948 | ||||||||
| Retirement pension for single person as a percentage of | Retirement pension for a single person as a percentage of | |||||||
| Year (October) | Gross earnings | Net earnings | Gross earnings | Net earnings | ||||
| 1948 | … | … | … | … | 18·9 | 22·4 | 30·4 | 33·8 |
| 1949 | … | … | … | … | 18·2 | 21·7 | 29·5 | 32·9 |
| 1950 | … | … | … | … | 17·3 | 20·2 | 27·9 | 31·0 |
| 1951 | … | … | … | … | 18·1 | 18·7 | 30·1 | 28·5 |
| 1952 | … | … | … | … | 18·2 | 21·3 | 30·2 | 33·3 |
| 1953 | … | … | … | … | 17·2 | 20·0 | 28·5 | 31·4 |
| 1954 | … | … | … | … | 15·9 | 18·7 | 26·4 | 29·3 |
| 1955 | … | … | … | … | 17·9 | 21·3 | 29·1 | 32·4 |
| 1956 | … | … | … | … | 16·8 | 20·1 | 27·3 | 30·7 |
| 1957 | … | … | … | … | 15·9 | 19·2 | 25·8 | 29·3 |
| 1958 | … | … | … | … | 19·5 | 23·9 | 31·2 | 35·9 |
| 1959 | … | … | … | … | 18·4 | 22·4 | 29·5 | 33·9 |
| 1960 | … | … | … | … | 17·2 | 21·1 | 27·5 | 31·9 |
| 1961 | … | … | … | … | 18·7 | 23·6 | 30·1 | 35·8 |
| 1962 | … | … | … | … | 18·1 | 22·9 | 29·2 | 34·8 |
| 1963 | … | … | … | … | 20·2 | 25·6 | 32·5 | 38·8 |
| 1964 | … | … | … | … | 18·6 | 24·0 | 30·1 | 36·5 |
| 1965 | … | … | … | … | 20·4 | 27·0 | 33·2 | 41·2 |
| 1966 | … | … | … | … | 19·7 | 26·2 | 32·0 | 40·1 |
| 1967 | … | … | … | … | 21·1 | 28·4 | 34·2 | 43·4 |
| 1968 | … | … | … | … | 19·6 | 26·6 | 31·7 | 40·8 |
| 1969‡ | … | … | … | … | 20·0 | 27·7 | 32·4 | 42·7 |
| 1970 | … | … | … | … | 17·8 | 25·0 | 28·9 | 38·4 |
| 1971 | … | … | … | … | 19·4 | 27·1 | 31·4 | 41·8 |
| 1972 | … | … | … | … | 18·8 | 25·7 | 30·4 | 39·8 |
| 1973 | … | … | … | … | 18·9 | 26·1 | 30·5 | 40·7 |
| 1974 | … | … | … | … | 20·6 | 32·9 | 29·7 | 45·5 |
| 1975‡ | … | … | … | … | 22·2 | 33·0 | 35·3 | 50·3 |
| 1976‡ | … | … | … | … | 22·6 | 33·9 | 36·2 | 51·6 |
| * Estimate based on average gross weekly earnings of male, adult full-time manual workers as determined by the Department of Employment's October inquiry into the earnings of manual workers employed in manufacturing and certain other industries and the monthly index of average earnings. | ||||||||
| † Gross earnings less tax and national insurance contributions. | ||||||||
| ‡ November benefit rates as a percentage of November earnings. | ||||||||