§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the relative position of Wales on the table of average family incomes compared with other standard regions of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. NelsonEstimates of gross normal weekly household income for Wales and the standard regions of the United Kingdom are shown in the table. The estimates are based on two years results from the 1989 and 1990 family expenditure surveys.
Average gross normal weekly household income1 1989 and 1990 Region £/week North 265.62 Yorks and Humberside 263.53 North East 289.75 East Midlands 311.67 West Midlands 295.87 East Anglia 325.08 Greater London 402.22 South East except Greater London 391.51 South West 317.36 Wales 263.09 Scotland 227.48 Northern Ireland 232.69 All United Kingdom 319.36 1Gross normal weekly household income is the total of wages and salaries, self-employment, income, investment, pensions and other sources for all household members. It also includes an imputed income component for owner occupiers and those who occupy their dwelling rent-free.