§ Mr. C. Johnsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in
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AVERAGE INCOMES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSEHOLD IN 1962, INCLUDING BENEFITS RECEIVED IN CASH AND BEFORE PAYMENT OF TAXES £ per year — 1 adult 2 adults 2 adults and 3 adults 1 child 2 children 3 children Range of original income per year £ £ 216 — 260 … … 328 481 260 — 315 … … 393 517 315 — 382 … … 499 542 382 — 460 … … 491 616 460 — 559 … … 575 664 676 804 559 — 676 … … 633 703 634 686 738 735 676 — 816 … … 745 823 791 797 804 850 816 — 988 … … 914 933 917 931 954 997 988 — 1,196 … … 1,120 1,092 1,120 1,154 1,148 1,196 — 1,448 … … 1,322 1,342 1,353 1,354 1,374 1,448 — 1,752 … … 1,608 1,580 1,600 1,645 1,752 — 2,122 … … 1,949 1,959 1,930 2,122 — 2,566 … … 2,250 2,291 2,566 — 3,104 … … 2,892 2,777 the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the estimated average income, as defined in the Ministry of Labour's Family Expenditure Survey, Report for 1962, Appendix IV, corresponding to the estimates of average original income in 1962 by income group per year as given in Economic Trends, February 1962.
§ Mr. GreenThe estimates of average original income published in Economic Trends, February, 1964, include several items which are not included in gross household income as defined in Appendix IV of Family Expenditure Survey Report for 1962, e.g., the value of goods supplied by farmers and shopkeepers to their own households, and employers' contributions to National Health and Insurance. On the other hand, they exclude family allowances and the various National Insurance and other benefits listed in paragraph 9(c) of Appendix IV, which form part of "direct benefits" in the Economic Trends article. I regret it is not possible, without reference back to the original schedules, to quantify all these differences, but the table below shows the result of adding the State benefits and allowances to the figures for original income.