§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the percentage of Scottish households who had an income of less than £25 a week in each year from 1970; and what were the comparable figures for other regions in the United Kingdom.
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§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe following information has been extracted from the Family Expenditure Surveys for 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974. The per-
PERCENTAGES OF HOUSEHOLDS IN THE STANDARD REGIONS WITH AVERAGE WEEKLY GROSS HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF LESS THAN £25 PER WEEK 1970–74 Year Scotland North Yorkshire and Humberside North West East Midlands 1970 … … … … 35 36 41 38 36 1971 … … … … 40 38 39 29 33 1972 … … … … 32 37 30 31 25 1973 … … … … 26 29 26 26 21 1974 … … … … 20 25 24 25 14
West Midlands East Anglia South East South West Wales Northern Ireland 1970 … … 35 39 30 39 37 47 1971 … … 29 36 27 38 38 40 1972 … … 27 28 23 30 26 32 1973 … … 23 29 23 22 31 28 1974 … … 18 23 17 20 28 26