§ Mr. Oliverasked the Minister of Labour the proportion of income paid in rent by the salary and wage earners of this and 162W other principal countries both before and after the year 1939.
§ Mr. Ness EdwardsThe only information available is 'that derived from the inquiry into the weekly expenditure of working-class households in 1937–38. At that date the average total weekly expenditure of households of industrial, etc. workers was 86s. 3d. Of this, 10s. 10d. represented expenditure on rent, purchase of dwellings, rates, water charges, ground rent, etc. Amongst households, the head of which was in an agricultural occupation, the corresponding figures were 57s. 11d. and 4s. 9d.