HC Deb 20 May 1985 vol 79 c299W
Mr. D. E. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his latest estimate of personal disposable income, as a percentage of the United Kingdom average, in Wales and the regions of England.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Available information relating to normal weekly disposable household income per head from the 1982 and 1983 family expenditure surveys show the following percentages:

Per cent.
North 92
Yorkshire and Humberside 90
North West 95
East Midlands 95
West Midlands 95
East Anglia 100
Greater London 124
Remainder of South East 113
South West 102
Wales 89
United Kingdom 100