HC Deb 03 July 1974 vol 876 cc191-2W
Mr. Farr

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list those

Scotland Great Britain Scotland as per cent, of Great Britain
Average household income … £39.70 £42.98 —
Average number of persons per household 3.08 2.91 —
Average household income per person … £12.87 £14.78 87

Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the number of households in Scotland whose household income is half, or less than half, the average income for householders in Great Britain; and if he will express that figure as a percentage of households in Scotland, as a percentage of the average of households throughout Great Britain Britain whose income is at this level.

Mr. Booth

An estimate of numbers of households in Scotland with the specified range of income is not available. From the Family Expenditure Survey for 1972 it is estimated that 25 per cent. of households in Scotland had a household income at or below half the average household income for Great Britain. This percentage is 111 per cent. of the corresponding percentage for Great Britain as a whole.

groups of workers covered by wages council awards which have already qualified for threshold payments.

Mr. Booth

Wages regulation orders which include a cost of living safeguard are current in the following wages councils trades and industries:

  • Button Manufacturing.
  • Hollow-ware.
  • Retail Bespoke Tailoring (Scotland).
  • Rope, Twine and Net.
  • Sack and Bag.