HC Deb 21 July 1993 vol 229 cc236-8W
Ms Corston

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 30 April,Official Report, column 572, what was the average equivalised disposable income at (a) current and (b) April 1993 prices for 1979, 1987, 1990 and 1991 of (i) single-parent households, (ii) two-parent households with (1) one child, (2) two children and (3) three or more children and (c) other households with children by quintile groups of households.

Mr. Nelson

The figures are available only at current prices and are as follows:

Average equivalised disposable income by household type and by quintile groups
£ per year Quintile groups of all households ranked by equivalised disposable income
Household type Bottom 2nd 3rd 4th Top All Households
1979
One adult with children 1,772 2,713 3,625 4,713 7,705 3,151
Two adults with one child 1,882 2,812 3,664 4,696 7,206 4,281
Two adults with two children 2,000 2,794 3,656 4,744 7,649 4,081
Two adults with three or more children 1,898 2,800 3,579 4,715 7,278 3,308
Other households with children 2,032 2,811 3,666 4,739 6,841 4,080
1987
One adult with children 3,751 5,268 7,168 9,981 17,605 5,386
Two adults with one child 3,600 5,516 7,465 10,178 17,318 9,627
Two adults with two children 3,644 5,562 7,446 10,138 18,607 8,996
Two adults with three or more children 3,610 5,440 7,452 10,007 16,886 7,041
Other households with children 3,556 5,432 7,542 10,122 16,125 7,900
1990
One adult with children 4,466 6,651 9,817 14,835 22,630 7,086
Two adults with one child 4,126 7,044 9,921 14,578 26,635 14,215
Two adults with two children 4,302 7,113 10,080 14,206 23,712 12,022
Two adults with three or more children 4,138 6,948 9,713 13,943 31,631 10,157
Other households with children 4,302 6,953 9,870 14,419 24,198 11,708
1991
One adult with children 5,105 7,477 10,830 15,434 23,108 7,867
Two adults with one child 4,469 7,688 11,088 15,488 26,878 14,841
Two adults with two children 4,759 7,830 11,046 15,379 26,645 12,993
Two adults with three or more children 4,571 7,809 11,026 15,347 26,471 11,223
Other households with children 4,743 7,774 10,990 15,423 26,276 12,572

The quintile groups are based on all households ranked by equivalised disposable income. Thus any difference between the average equivalised disposable income of household types within each quintile group is likely to result from sampling errors.

These figures are not strictly comparable over time because of changes in classification of both income and taxation and because of changes in the family expenditure survey.

Ms Corston

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 28 April,Official Report, columns 402–4, what was the average equivalised disposable income of (a) the top and the bottom quintile groups and (b) the top and the bottom decile groups at current prices, and at April 1993 prices in 1979 and 1991.

Mr. Nelson

The figures are available only at current prices.

The figures for 1979 were given in the answer of 28 April 1993, Official Report, columns 402–4.

The figures for 1991 are as follows:

Average equivalised disposable income for all households ranked by equivalised disposable income
Using the McClements equivalence scale with a household of a married couple = 1
Quintile groups Decile groups
£ per year Bottom Top Bottom Top
1991 4,877 28,472 4,044 35,689

These figures are not strictly comparable with those for earlier years because of changes in classification of both income and taxation and because of changes in the family expenditure survey.