The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH

Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1990-1997

Chief Secretary (1987-1989)

Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Personal Disposable Income – 14 July 1988

Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Personal Disposable Income on 14th July 1988.


Mr. Roger King To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the increase in real personal disposable income in the year to the first quarter of 1988.

Mr. Major Real personal disposable income was 5.5 per cent. higher in the first quarter of 1988 than in the first quarter of 1987.