HC Deb 17 April 1961 vol 638 c781
32. Mr. Leavey

asked the Minister of Labour when it is intended to collect and to publish statistical and other information to show the analysed expenditure of families of representative income groups, such as was covered by the last Household Expenditure Inquiry.

Mr. Hare

Information of this type has been collected by the small scale continuing Family Expenditure Survey which commenced in 1957. It is hoped to publish material in respect of the first three years of this Survey later this year.

Mr. Leavey

Can the right hon. Gentleman confirm that if the report is published it will be based on the same principles of collection so that the new report can be directly compared with the statistics in the last one?

Mr. Hare

Broadly, what the hon. Gentleman says is correct.

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