HC Deb 15 April 1994 vol 241 cc305-6W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Prime Minister if he will seek to arrange for a senior official of the Foreign Office to visit the marshlands of Iraq, in the area where the Tigris joins

Table 1: The average incomes of pensioners 1979/1990–91 (by quintile-quintile 1=lowest) Average income (£ per week January 1991 prices)
Income source Quintile 1 Quintile 2 Quintile 3 Quintile 4 Quintile 5 Total
(a) Single Pensioners 1979 1990–91 1979 1990–91 1979 1990–91 1979 1990–91 1979 1990–91 1979 1990–91
Earnings1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.5 3.5 2.5 23.2 23.8 5.5 5.44
Benefit Income 47.2 51.4 54.8 61.4 57.5 68.7 57.1 66.6 51.7 63.3 53.7 62.30
Investment Income 1.9 2.8 2.0 4.0 2.2 4.5 6.4 15.4 30.5 81.2 8.6 21.60
Occupational Pension 0.6 1.6 1.7 4.9 3.1 7.7 7.3 20.2 34.3 66.6 9.4 20.20
Other1 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.9 2.2 0.5 0.80
Gross Income 50.5 56.0 59.0 71.1 63.0 81.8 75.0 105.3 141.0 237.0 78.0 110.20
Deductions 5.2 6.9 4.0 6.9 4.0 7.2 7.0 11.7 27.0 44.1 10.0 15.40
Net Income BHC (mean) 45.3 49.1 55.0 64.2 59.0 74.6 68.0 93.6 113.0 192.9 68.0 94.80
Net Income AHC (mean) 34.8 37.5 43.3 50.0 46.9 57.3 54.4 81.9 97.9 186.0 55.4 82.60
Net Income BHC (median) 46.8 50.7 55.7 65.6 61.8 75.2 68.9 92.3 98.2 158.9 61.8 75.20
Net Income AHC (median) 36.7 39.8 43.3 48.9 47.6 54.4 54.8 78.8 84.8 149.2 47.6 54.40
(b) Pensioner Couples
Earnings1 0.3 0.2 1.2 1.6 5.5 7.1 25.9 19.5 88.5 72.0 24.2 20.00
Benefit Income 79.1 87.0 86.2 99.0 86.1 101.0 81.5 95.8 72.9 89.1 81.2 94.40
Investment Income 2.5 5.0 3.4 8.2 5.4 18.8 9.9 39.3 59.9 154.6 16.2 45.10
Occupational Pension 2.4 5.4 6.8 13.2 17.7 28.4 35.5 60.7 89.1 164.5 30.2 54.40
Other1 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0 2.7 0.8 1.00
Gross Income 84.6 97.7 98.0 122.3 116.2 156.0 153.7 216.2 311.5 482.8 152.5 214.80
Deductions 5.7 12.5 5.2 12.8 7.8 16.5 17.0 27.5 74.8 99.0 22.0 33.60
Net Income BHC (mean) 78.9 85.2 92.7 109.5 108.5 139.5 136.6 188.7 236.7 383.8 130.5 181.20
Net Income AHC (mean) 64.6 72.9 76.0 94.9 91.5 129.0 117.8 180.5 209.0 377.9 111.6 170.90
Net Income BHC (median) 79.1 86.7 91.8 108.1 106.5 138.6 134.7 186.5 204.6 311.8 106.5 138.60
Net Income AHC (median) 64.7 74.5 75.2 89.9 89.4 123.2 117.0 172.5 180.9 300.0 89.4 123.20
(c) Pensioner Units
Earnings1 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.8 1.7 9.8 9.2 48.4 42.7 11.9 10.90
Benefit Income 58.1 64.3 66.0 74.4 64.3 76.7 65.1 81.1 62.4 74.6 63.2 74.20
Investment Income 2.1 2.8 2.6 5.2 2.8 8.0 7.8 23.9 40.8 111.0 11.2 30.30
Occupational Pension 1.2 5.9 3.6 7.1 5.9 13.4 16.0 34.1 56.3 107.0 16.6 32.90
Other1 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 1.3 0.9 0.8 2.3 0.6 0.90
Gross Income 62.0 74.3 72.9 87.8 74.3 100.2 99.9 149.2 208.7 337.5 103.5 149.10
Deductions 5.4 4.8 4.7 8.8 4.8 9.5 9.4 17.7 44.9 65.8 13.8 22.20
Net Income BHC (mean) 56.6 69.5 68.2 79.0 69.5 90.7 90.5 131.5 163.8 271.7 89.7 127.00
Net Income AHC (mean) 48.2 56.6 52.9 58.2 56.6 80.5 75.9 123.1 140.7 263.0 74.9 115.50
Net Income BHC (median) 49.7 63.3 57.9 69.0 63.3 79.5 78.8 119.0 150.9 226.9 63.3 79.50
Net Income AHC (median) 39.7 48.5 43.8 50.3 48.5 62.9 61.6 103.3 129.0 213.2 48.5 62.90

Notes:

1Indicates that sample sizes are too small to provide reliable estimates. Figures are shown only to demonstrate how totals are arived at.

  1. 1. All figures before housing costs (BHC) unless otherwise stated. After housing costs=AHC.
  2. 2. All average amounts are means except where otherwise stated.
  3. 3. Components may not sum to totals owing to rounding.
  4. 4. Pensioner units are defined as single people over state pension age and couples in which the husband is over state pension age.
  5. 5. Estimates of percentage growth are based on unrounded income figures and may not therefore be the same as those calculated from the rounded amounts shown in the table.
  6. 6. Estimates of growth in total net incomes by quintile are based on medians. Estimates of growth of components of income and total incomes of all pensioners are based on means.

the Euphrates, to be accompanied by a medical officer experienced in water-borne malnutrition-related diseases and an expert in water filtering and pumping equipment.

The Prime Minister

[holding answer 14 April 1994]: Many international organisations and humanitarian workers have sought to visit these areas to aid civilians. However, Iraq has consistently refused to permit access, despite the fact that this is in contravention of the United Nations Security Council resolution 688.