HC Deb 03 May 1990 vol 171 c653W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish an analysis of the composition of the lowest quintile of income in 1979 on the same basis as in "Households Below Average Incomes" identifying the proportion of families that are(a) married pensioners, (b) single pensioners, (c) married with children, (d) married without children, (e) single with children and (f) single without children; and whether he will publish separate data before and after housing costs.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

[holding answer 12 March 1990]: The information requested is in the table.

Lowest quintile of equivalised household income in 1979
Persons by family type (percentages) Before housing costs After housing costs
Married pensioner 18 18
Single pensioner 17 16
Married couple with children 41 42
Married couple without children 6 6
Single person with children 10 10
Single person without children 8 8
All family types 100 100