Family Expenditure Survey (Hansard, 25 October 1962)

§ Mr. Beaney
asked the Minister of Labour if he wild publish the same details on housing expenditure shown in the Family Expenditure Survey for the year eaded December, 1961, published in the Ministry of Labour Gazette for June, 1962, as he did for the 1960 Survey in the March issue of the Gazette.

§ Mr. Hare
These details were published in theMinistry of Labour Gazette for September, 1962 (page 352).

§ Mr. Beaney
asked the Minister of Labour how many of the 1,183 Index households shown as living in their own dwellings in the 1961 Family Expenditure Survey were subletting; and what was the average weekly rent received.

§ Mr. Hare
Of the 1,183 households, 77 were subletting part of their dwellings,204W including garages attached to the dwelling. The average weekly rent received was 37s. 0d.

§ Mr. Beaney
asked the Minister of Labour if he will publish a list of the occupations of the heads of the 3,039 Index households in the 1961 Family Expenditure Survey.

§ Mr. Hare
Details of the occupations of the heads of the 3,039 "Index" households in the 1961 Family Expenditure Survey are as follows:

Occupation of head of household Number of households

Employers, and professional persons working on their own account or with only one or two personal assistants, e.g., secretaries, typists 84

Professional and managerial employees. e.g.. directors, managers, administrative personnel, executive staff, technical staff, but not clerks, foremen, overmen, charge-hands 201

Teachers (including teachers working on their own account) 50

Officers in the Armed Forces, Police and Fire Services 1

Other ranks in the Armed Forces, Police and Fire Services 32

Clerical employees, e.g., clerks, commercial travellers, agents 281

Shop Assistants 60

Manual workers—employees (skilled and unskilled), including foremen, postmen, waiters, cooks and domestic workers 1,645

Persons working en own account other than professional and teachers, e.g., boot repairers, rag and bone merchants, shop or stall merchants, jobbing plumbers 104

Retired and unoccupied persons with total income of £10 a week or more, or "unearned" income of £5 a week or more 127

Retired and unoccupied persons other than those above 454

Total 3,039

Occupation of head of household	Number of households
Employers, and professional persons working on their own account or with only one or two personal assistants, e.g., secretaries, typists	84
Professional and managerial employees. e.g.. directors, managers, administrative personnel, executive staff, technical staff, but not clerks, foremen, overmen, charge-hands	201
Teachers (including teachers working on their own account)	50
Officers in the Armed Forces, Police and Fire Services	1
Other ranks in the Armed Forces, Police and Fire Services	32
Clerical employees, e.g., clerks, commercial travellers, agents	281
Shop Assistants	60
Manual workers—employees (skilled and unskilled), including foremen, postmen, waiters, cooks and domestic workers	1,645
Persons working en own account other than professional and teachers, e.g., boot repairers, rag and bone merchants, shop or stall merchants, jobbing plumbers	104
Retired and unoccupied persons with total income of £10 a week or more, or "unearned" income of £5 a week or more	127
Retired and unoccupied persons other than those above	454
Total	3,039