§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing, for the years 1966–67 to 1991–92(a) average household domestic rate bills in pounds sterling, (b) average domestic rate bills adjusted by the retail prices index, (c) average domestic rate bills as a proportion of average household income and (d) average domestic rate bills as a proportion of male average earnings.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe available information for average gross domestic rate bills per household in Northern Ireland is as follows:
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£ 1983–84 181 1984–85 197 1985–86 216
£ 1986–87 242 1987–88 253 1988–89 276 1989–90 305 1990–91 336 1991–92 240 Information on the RPI is published in "Economic Trends"; average houshold income by region is published in the annual "Family Expenditure Survey" reports and "Regional Trends"; average male earnings by region are published in the annual "Northern Ireland Abstract of Statistics" and reported also in "Regional Trends". These publications are available in the House of Commons Library.