§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average weekly household income for(a) the United Kingdom as a whole, (b) the northern region and (c) Durham, North-West constituency for each of the last available five years.
§ Mr. LeeInformation on average weekly household income is available from the family expenditure survey, but estimates are not available below regional level. Also, because of the relatively small sample size, estimates for some regions, including the northern region, are based on two years' data.
The figures for 1984–85 and 1985–86 are as follows:
Gross normal average weekly household income 1984–85 £ 1985–86 £ United Kingdom 207.06 225.37 Northern Region 170.78 187.72 Because of the introduction of the housing benefit scheme in November 1982, figures for earlier years are not available on a comparable basis.