§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish figures to show the estimate of the annual rise in living standards since 1979 of(a) non-pensioner couples with children, (b) non-pensioner couples without children, (c) non-pensioner single people, (d) non-pensioner single people with children, (e) single pensioners and (f) pensioner couples up to the latest available date.
§ Mr. ScottThis information relates to incomes as calculated for households below average income, published 23 July 1990; incomes before housing costs.
Estimate of annual percentage change 1979–87 Per cent. Non-pensioner couple with children 2.8 Non-pensioner couple without children 2.2 Non-pensioner single people 2.5 Non-pensioner single people with children 1.2 Single pensioners 2.7 Pensioner couples 3.0 The figures are subject to sampling error, particularly in the case of non-pensioner single people with children. In 1987 the sample size for non-pensioner single people with children was 394—4.3 per cent. of the total sample.