HC Deb 26 March 1984 vol 57 c66W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, further to his answer to the hon. Member for East Lothian (Mr. Home Robertson) on 21 February, Official Report, c. 493., he will publish a table showing the proportion of income spent on fuel by pensioners in different income brackets.

Dr. Boyson

[pursuant to his reply, 12 March 1984 c. 6–66]: The information requested is as follows:

Proportion of average weekly income spent of fuel, light and power by households headed by persons of pension age, by ranges of normal weekly income
Income Proportion (per cent.)
£ 50 or less 16
£ 50.01–£ 75 12
£ 75.01–£100 9
£100.01–£125 8
£125.01–£150 8
£150.01–£175 6
£175.01–£200 4
£200.01–£250 5
£250.01 and over 3
All incomes 11

Source: Family Expenditure Survey 1982.

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