§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of the impact of Government policies on the economic well-being of the poorest decile of the income distribution.
§ Mr. MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of the impact of Government policies on the economic well-being of the poorest decile of the income distribution.
§ Miss WiddecombeInformation on the living standards of people living in the lower half of the income distribution is presented in the series of tables "Households Below Average Income 1981–1987" copies of which are available in the Library. The Social Security Select Committee has now produced figures for 1981 to 1988 in its first report "Low Income Statistics: Households Below Average Income Tables 1988". These show that there has continued to be an increase in living standards at all levels of the income distribution, including the bottom decile.