§ Lord Stallardasked Her Majesty's Government:
What proportion of the income of pen-sioners receiving (a) below £50.00 a week (b) £50.00–£75.00 a week (c) £75.00–£100.00 a week (d) £100.00–£125.00 a week and (e) over £125.00 do they estimate to be spent on food.
The Minister of State, Privy Council Office, and Minister for the Arts (The Earl of Gowrie)According to the Family Expenditure Survey for 1982, the percentages of total expenditure spent on food by single person pensioner households (i.e., those in which at least three-quarters of income was derived from national insurance retirement and similar pensions) were:
Gross normal income Percentage Under £40 29 £40 and under £50 26 £50 and over 24