§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make available to non-governmental research institutes his Department's tape from which "Low Income Families—1977" was produced; given the change in methodology employed on the tapes, whether previous tapes could also be released; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 17 May 1982, c. 45–6]: I regret that the necessary resources are not available to support an extension of the Department's statistical services in this way.
§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what savings resulted from his decision not to produce the booklet "Low Income Families—1978";
(2) what was the cost of producing "Low Income Families—1979"; and what would be the additional costs if the analysis were produced annually, and within the six months of receiving the family expenditure data tape from the Department of Employment;
(3) if he will estimate the number of man hours and the costs which would be involved for calculating the low-income families data on a continuous basis as the data are collected.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 17 May 1982, c. 45–6]: Following a preliminary assessment of the many factors involved, I regret that it would be disproportionately expensive to produce this information.
§ Mr. Fieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will now publish the six small tables which make up "Low Income Families—1979" in the Official Report;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report all the available data contained in the booklet "Low Income Families—1979" for each year since 1972; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 17 May 1982, c. 45–6]: As I explained in my reply to the hon. Member on 7 April 1982—[Vol. 21 c. 413–14]—I am unable to justify the cost of reproducing these tables in the Official Report.