HC Deb 24 May 1990 vol 173 c320W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a list of the dates on which the low-income family, households below average income statistics have been published since May 1979, indicating the year to which the statistics refer.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The information available is in the table:

Publication date Years covered
Low income families
7 April 1982 (revised 20 July 1982) 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979
24 October 1983 1977, 1979, 1981
25 July 1986 1979, 1981, 1983
19 May 1988 1981, 1983, 1985
Households below average income
19 May 1988 1981, 1983, 1985