§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate she has made of the cost of increasing the size of the Family Expenditure Survey sample to allow for accurate family expenditure statistics disaggregated to a Northern Ireland geographical level. [26092]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has not made any estimate of the cost of increasing the size of the Family Expenditure Survey. Northern Ireland, because of its small population size, already has a larger sample than that required for the United Kingdom 605W Family Expenditure Survey. Separate family expenditure statistics are produced for Northern Ireland and are accurate for the purposes to which they are put.