§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table equivalent to table 2.15 of the second report of the surveys of disability in Great Britain by the Office of
Working status of adults under pension age by sex and region: Disabled adults and general population Percentage Proportion of adults under pension age who are working Disabled adults General population Men Women All Men Women All North 20 21 21 68 52 60 Yorkshire and Humberside 29 25 28 76 57 66 North West 28 32 30 72 53 62 East Midlands 44 31 38 81 63 72 West Midlands 28 28 28 73 54 64 East Anglia 52 29 42 86 64 75 Greater London 42 38 40 82 63 73 South East1 46 38 42 87 63 75 South West 38 27 34 86 59 73 Wales 24 17 21 75 57 66 Scotland 25 20 23 77 59 68 1 Except Greater London. Source: Disabled adults-OPCS Survey of Disability (data collected in 1985).
General Population-1985 Family Expenditure Survey.
Notes:
1. The data are obtained from sample surveys and are subject to sampling error. Sampling errors on results broken down by regions are considerably larger than those in the original, national table. (Table 2.15 in the second report of the OPCS surveys of disability: "The financial circumstances of disabled adults living in private households").
2. Further breakdown of the data shown in the table is not possible: sample numbers are too smal for the figures to be statistically reliable.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table equivalent to table 5.4 of the second report of the surveys of disability in Great Britain by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, indicating the average
Average equivalent resources of disabled adults compared with average equivalent income of the general population, by region (£ per week) Disabled Adults General Population Non pensioner family units Pensioner family units All family units Non pensioner family units Pensioner family units All family units (Average Equivalent Resources) (Average Equivalent Income) North 97.40 79.00 87.30 118.10 88 00 110.70 Yorkshire and Humberside 87.30 77.60 81.50 121.10 95.30 113.70 North West 84.50 80.20 81.80 122.40 83.20 113.40 East Midlands 91.00 77.60 82.90 130.60 94.00 121.30 West Midlands 83.60 88.20 86.30 124.20 83.30 114.50 East Anglia 89.60 78.20 82.00 144.90 92.10 131.50 Greater London 100.00 88.80 92.60 165.80 96.40 149.20 South East1 99.50 85.20 90.10 152.10 107.60 141.70 South West 102.20 90.0 94.60 140.20 87.80 126.50 Wales 88.60 83.40 85.50 136.70 107.00 128.30 Scotland 84.70 83.40 84.00 134.50 90.60 124.00 1 Except Greater London Sources:
Disabled adults — OPCS Survey of Disability (data collected in 1985).
General population — 1985 Family Expenditure Survey.
Notes:
1. The data are obtained from sample surveys and are subject to sampling error. Sampling errors on results broken down by regions are considerably larger than those in the original, national table. (Table 5.4 in the second report of the OPCS surveys of disability: "The financial circumstances of disabled adults living in private households").
2. Further breakdown of the data shown in the table is not possible: sample numbers are too small for the figures to be statistically reliable.
146WPopulation Censuses and Surveys indicating the working status of disabled adults under pension age in each English region, Scotland and Wales.
§ Mr. Scott[holding answer 14 June 19891: The information requested is as follows:
equivalent resources of disabled adults compared with the average equivalent income of the general population in each English region, Scotland and Wales.