§ Ms CorstonTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the average annual disposable income at(a) actual and (b) April 1994 prices of (i) pensioner households, (ii) non-pensioner households without children (iii) non-pensioner households with children and (iv) all households, in (1) the two lowest decile groups and (2) the highest decile group, applying the appropriate equivalence scale used in his Department's recent reports on households below average income for (w) 1979, (x) 1988–89, (y) 1990–91 and (z) 1991–92, before and after housing costs; and what was the mean unequivalised disposable income of these groups of households in these equivalised categories.
§ Mr. BurtThe information requested is not available. This Department does not produce statistics on the distribution of annual equivalised incomes. The house-holds below average income series is based on incomes estimated generally over a much shorter period, which can be expected to produce different results.