§ Sir Ian GilmourTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish figures showing by how much the real equivalent incomes of the bottom 5 per cent. and the top 5 per cent. of the population rose between 1979 and 1985, after payment of housing costs.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 9 December 1988]: Estimates of real equivalent increase in income are available only in 10 per cent. bands. Between 1979 and 1985, the incomes of the bottom 10 per cent. of individuals in Great Britain, calculated on the basis of "Households Below Average Income" and expressed after housing costs, rose by an average of 3 per cent. in real terms. The real incomes of the top 10 per cent. rose by 19 per cent.