§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the percentage of income spent on food and fuel, excluding housing, for an average household; and how this compares with the expenditure of pensioner households.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe family expenditure survey for 1978 showed that the percentage of total expenditure on food and fuel was as follows:
Schemes Adults Young people Youth opportunities programme … … … 19 42 194 Special temporary employment programme … … 37 587 — Community industry … … … … … 3 4 26