§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to produce(a) statistics on households below average income and (b) estimates of take-up of income-related benefits comparable with those produced in Great Britain. [82834]
§ Mr. BrowneThe family resources survey was extended from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in April 2002. It is intended that from 2002–03, statistics on households below average income and estimates of take-up of income-related benefits will be produced for Northern Ireland in a form exactly comparable to those available for Great Britain, and to a similar timescale