§ Mr. Frank FieldTo 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