§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will publish a table showing the rise in real household incomes between 1979 and 1987, for the average and for all decile groups broken down by family status in the manner of his answer to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, South of 29 July 1988,Official Report, columns 815–17;
(2) if he will publish a table showing the rise in real household incomes between 1979 and 1987, broken down by economic type, for all decile groups and the average;
(3) if he will publish a table showing the rise in real income between (a) 1979 and 1985, and (b) 1979 and 1987, broken down by (i) family type and (ii) economic type for all decile groups; and if he will show the average before and after housing costs.
§ Mr. Scott[holding answer 13 June 1990]: The information requested is in the tables.
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Real rise per cent. Before housing costs After housing costs Category and Group (median) 1979–85 1979–87 1981–87 1979–85 1979–87 1981–87 All Married Pensioners mean 15.1 27.0 20.0 16.9 30.7 22.6 Single Pensioner Lowest 13 11 3 11 7 2 2 18 17 9 12 12 6 3 17 19 10 11 9 4 4 14 18 11 15 16 6 Highest 17 19 16 20 27 23 All Single Pensioners mean 15.3 23.4 15.0 14.3 23.2 14.9 Married Couple with Children Lowest -5 -1 10 -10 -7 6 2 1 9 15 -2 5 11 3 5 16 19 1 13 16 4 6 20 22 7 19 20 Highest 16 35 28 15 33 25 All Married Couples with Children mean 8.9 24.3 25.1 7.1 23.0 23.0 Married Couple without Children Lowest -8 -4 -2 -15 -10 -6 2 -2 5 11 -4 6 12 3 3 10 13 2 13 15 4 6 18 16 7 18 17 Highest 13 32 28 14 35 30 All Married Couples without Children mean 6.2 19.4 17.6 6.3 20.7 17.6 Lone Parent Lowest 15 14 9 17 11 2 2 13 12 10 12 9 6 3 8 11 6 4 0 -1 4 5 10 5 -1 2 3 Highest 9 8 -1 7 2 -7 All Lone Parents mean 9.9 9.8 3.9 7.1 4.7 -0.1 Single Person without children Lowest 0 0 2 -9 -10 -6 2 -1 4 8 -3 2 6 3 2 11 12 2 12 13 4 6 19 18 7 20 19 Highest 9 31 27 9 34 29 All Single Persons without Children 5.7 21.6 16.2 4.6 21.2 15.1
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By Economic Status Real rise (per cent.) Before housing costs After housing costs Category and Quintile group (median) 1979–85 1979–87 1981–87 1979–85 1979–87 1981–87 Pensioner Lowest 13 13 5 12 13 6 2 15 18 10 11 14 8 3 15 21 14 10 16 10 4 14 22 15 16 22 14 Highest 17 23 18 21 30 23 All Pensioner mean 15.2 25.4 17.8 15.7 27.3 19.0 Full-time worker Lowest 9 11 12 7 6 8 2 10 18 18 7 16 17
Real rise (per cent.) Before housing costs After housing costs Category and Quintile group (median) 1979–85 1979–87 1981–87 1979–85 1979–87 1981–87 3 10 20 20 9 21 21 4 12 25 23 12 25 22 Highest 15 35 29 15 36 27 All Full-time worker mean 13.4 29.2 25.7 12.9 29.7 24.9 Sick or disabled Lowest 40 53 11 40 58 10 2 17 24 19 22 28 19 3 9 21 28 3 15 21 4 3 16 23 3 17 31 Highest 5 15 29 6 16 27 All sick or disabled mean 10.0 23.3 24.8 9.3 22.7 24.2 Lone parent Lowest 17 20 13 18 9 2 2 19 18 13 17 16 10 3 16 17 13 10 10 8 4 10 15 11 4 6 3 Highest 9 19 5 5 15 1 All Lone parents mean 12.6 15.6 10.3 10.1 10.4 5.5 Unemployed Lowest 11 20 25 19 14 19 2 15 21 13 11 16 11 3 1 9 11 -7 2 10 4 -12 4 8 -22 -4 3 Highest -4 18 13 0 19 11 All Unemployed mean -1.8 14.9 20.8 -7.1 10.2 9.3 Other Lowest 39 39 2 70 49 -6 2 21 24 5 17 19 1 3 19 27 9 16 25 12 4 15 27 18 15 33 19 Highest 17 35 19 19 39 22 All Other mean 19.1 31.1 5.6 20.6 34.9 4.4
Total Population Real rise percentage Category and Quintile group (median) Before housing costs After housing costs 1979–85 1979–87 1981–87 1979–85 1979–87 Total Population Lowest 4 6 7 -1 — 2 3 10 12 — 5 3 5 14 15 4 14 4 8 18 18 8 20 Highest 12 29 24 12 30 Total population mean 9.0 22.9 20.6 8.3 23.1 Owing to the fact that when quintile groups are broken down as in the tables, the sample sizes are relatively small, these figures are liable to sampling error. The figures for the categories "Sick and Disabled"—with a sample size of 272—"Lone Parent"—293 on economic type and 394 on family type—and "Other"—606—are particularly prone to sampling error.