HC Deb 28 April 1993 vol 223 cc398-9W
Mr. Corston

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average value in 1979 and 1990, at 1990 prices, of(a) NHS benefits in kind, (b) other benefits in kind and (c) all benefits in kind, received only by households with children by quintile groups of households, ranked within all households ranked by equivalised disposable income.

Mr. Nelson

The figures are available only at current prices. They are as follows:

NHS benefit and other benefits in kind for household with children by quintile groups of all households ranked by equivalised disposable income
Bottom 2nd 3rd 4th Top All
1979
NHS 430 449 451 410 434 436
Other 1,454 1,165 976 883 748 1,028
Total 1,883 1,614 1,426 1,293 1,182 1,464
1990
NHS 1,338 1,315 1,217 1,337 1,300 1,296
Other 3,029 2,577 2,405 2,155 1,762 2,413
Total 4,367 3,892 3,622 3,492 3,061 3,709

Note: These estimates are based on data collected in the Family Expenditure Survey (FES). They are not strictly comparable over time as the FES changes from year to year.

Ms Corston

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average equivalised disposable income, and the average disposable income per equivalent adult, by(a) quintile and (b) decile groups of households, at 1990 prices, for 1979 and 1990.

Mr. Nelson

The information is not available in the precise form requested because the equivalence scale used is based on households rather than adults. In addition, the figures are available only at current prices. The figures are given in the table:

Equivalised disposable income by decile groups of all households ranked by equivalised disposable income.
Bottom 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Top All
Using the McClements equivalence scale with a household of a married couple =1
1979 1,689 2,179 2,534 2,964 3,416 3,897 4,438 5,129 6,043 8,664 4,095
1990 3,596 5,161 6,120 7,435 9,081 10,884 13,012 15,580 19,598 34,467 12,494
Using the McClements equivalence scale re-scaled so that a household of one adult = 1
1979 1,030 1,329 1,545 1,808 2,084 2,377 2,707 3,128 3,686 5,285 2,498
1990 2,194 3,148 3,733 4,535 5,540 6,639 7,937 9,504 11,955 21,025 7,621

These figures are not strictly comparable over time because of changes in classification of both income and taxation and because of changes in the Family Expenditure Survey.