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Incomes

Volume 270: debated on Monday 22 January 1996

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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been (a) the percentage change in real personal disposable income and (b) the index of real personal disposable income, taking 1966=100 in each year since 1966. [9319]

Information on real personal disposable income and the index of real personal disposable income, both based on 1990, is published annually in the CSO Blue Book and quarterly in the CSO press notice "Quarterly National Accounts" and is held on the CSO database. All sources are available in the Library of the House. The figures are given in the table—the 1990 based index has been re-referenced to 1966=100.

Percentage change in real personal disposable income Index of real personal disposable income
19662.1100.0
19671.5101.5
19681.8103.3
19690.9104.2
19703.8108.5
19711.2109.5
19728.4118.7
19736.5126.4
1974-0.8125.4
19750.6126.1
1976-0.3125.7
1977-2.1123.1
19787.4132.2
19795.7139.7
19801.5141.8
1981-0.8140.7
1982-0.5140.0
19832.7143.7
19843.6149.0
19853.4154.0
19864.5160.8
19873.4166.3
19886.0176.2
19894.8184.7
19901.8188.0
1991-0.1187.9
19922.3192.2
19931.6195.4
19940.7196.7

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households have. incomes (a) less than £5,000 a year, (b) £5,000 to £15,000 a year, (c) £15,000 to £20,000 a year, (d) £20,000 to £50,000 a year, (e) £50,000 to £100,000 a year and (f) more than £100,000 a year; and of each of these groups, how many and what percentage have incomes that are (i) wholly earned, (ii) wholly unearned and (iii) part earned and part unearned. [9324]