§ Mr. Tim Smithasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish the latest available figures for family expenditure analysed between housing, food and other costs.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following expenditure figures relate to households in the United Kingdom, and have been extracted from the Family Expenditure Survey for 1976, provisional results from which were published in theDepartment of Employment Gazette for July 1976, pages 726–82:
Average weekly household expenditure, 1976 £ Housing 9.20 Fuel, light and power 3.50 Food 15.40 Alcoholic Drink 3.10 Tobacco 2.30 Clothing and Footwear 5.00 Durable household goods 4.10 Other Goods 4.50 Transport and Vehicles 8.10 Services 6.20 Miscellaneous 0.30 The figures have been given to the nearest 10p, and are subject to sampling error.