§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide the most recent available estimates from the family expenditure survey on average expenditure of (i) all households and (ii) households with incomes below £150 per week on fuel, light and power, food, clothing and footwear, and durable household goods 331W for the following household types (a) single person, (b) married couple, (c) married couple with one child, (d) married couple with two children, (e) married couple with three children and (f) three adult household; and if he will also update these estimates to May 1985 and November 1985 using the retail price index and Government assumptions or projections for price movements.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.