Scottish Economic Bulletin: Personal/Household Income and Expenditure

Personal/Household Income and Expenditure

8.1 Personal Income and Personal Disposable Income Scotland: 1987-1995

Ł million
	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995(p)
Total Personal Income(1)	31,112	33,607	37,239	41,914	44,800	48,735	50,502	51,564	53,922
Income from employment	19,991	21,999	24,211	27,091	29,122	30,536	31,462	32,421	32,892
Income from self-employment	3,066	3,355	3,907	4,550	4,513	4,575	4,873	5,076	5,604
Rent, dividends and net interest	2,660	2,883	3,501	4,202	4,262	5,081	5,058	4,804	5,771
Social security benefits	5,168	5,137	5,375	5,814	6,636	8,265	8,809	8,947	9,324
Other income	226	233	246	256	267	278	299	316	330
% share of UK	8.7	8.4	8.4	8.6	8.7	8.9	8.8	8.6	8.5
Per head, Ł	6,086	6,597	7,307	8,214	8,772	9,535	9,863	10,047	10,498
Per head, United Kingdom=100	96.6	94.3	94.9	97.5	98.1	100.9	100.3	98.3	97.2
Total Personal Disposable Income(2)(3)	25,022	26,969	29,358	33,297	35,956	39,561	41,066	41,578	43,224
as a percentage of personal income	80.4	80.2	78.8	79.4	80.3	81.2	81.3	80.6	80.2
% share of UK	8.8	8.5	8.4	8.8	8.9	9.1	9.0	8.7	8.6
Per head, Ł	4,895	5,294	5,760	6,526	7,041	7,740	8,020	8,101	8,415
Per head, United Kingdom=100	97.6	95.0	94.0	99.4	100.2	103.2	101.9	99.5	98.2

Source: Office for National Statistics, Regional Accounts

(1) Personal Income is defined to be the income of the personal sector ie households, individuals living in hostels and other institutions, unincorporated businesses such as farms, the funds of pension and life assurance schemes, private trusts and all non-profit making bodies such as universities and charities.
(2) Personal disposable income is defined as personal income less taxes on income, social security contributions, community charge and current transfers from personal income.
(3) The introduction of the community charge in April 1989 in Scotland (and in April 1990 in England and Wales) introduced a discontinuity in the estimates of personal disposable income as community charge, and subsequently council tax payments are deducted from estimates of personal income.

8.2 Household Income and Household Disposable Income Scotland: 1987-1995

Ł million
	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995(p)
Total Household Income (1)	29,560	31,573	35,306	40,313	42,998	46,849	47,950	48,459	50,542
Wages & Salaries	17,415	19,247	21,244	23,933	25,572	26,810	27,509	28,294	28,896
Income from self-employment	2,553	2,823	3,142	3,624	3,660	3,801	4,176	4,433	4,821
Income from investments	1,991	1,838	2,674	3,688	3,186	3,295	2,474	2,069	2,615
Occupational & state pensions	4,183	4,276	4,676	5,314	6,252	7,169	7,743	7,787	8,154
Social Security benefits	2,416	2,359	2,418	2,575	3,004	3,799	4,087	4,147	4,297
Other income	1,003	1,027	1,153	1,179	1,324	1,974	1,962	1,729	1,759
% share of UK	8.7	8.4	8.4	8.6	8.6	8.8	8.8	8.6	8.4
Per head, Ł	5,782	6,198	6,927	7,901	8,419	9,166	9,365	9,442	9,840
Per head, United Kingdom=100	96.7	94.2	94.3	96.5	97.0	100.1	99.7	97.3	96.3
Total Household Disposable income (2)	24,069	25,796	28,618	33,177	35,824	39,280	40,511	40,469	42,614
as a percentage of household income	81.4	81.7	81.1	82.3	83.3	83.8	84.5	83.5	84.3
% share of UK	8.8	8.5	8.4	8.7	8.8	9.0	8.9	8.6	8.4
Per head, Ł	4,708	5,064	5,615	6,502	7,015	7,685	7,912	7,885	8,296
Per head, United Kingdom=100	97.8	95.7	94.7	98.2	99.1	102.1	101.3	98.2	98.6

Source: Office for National Statistics, Regional Accounts

(1) Household Income is defined to be the income of the household sector ie individuals living in households and in institutions.
(2) Household disposable income is defined as household income less payment of tax, National Insurance and contributions to life assurance and pension schemes.