Food (Expenditure)

HC Deb 15 March 1994 vol 239 cc605-6W

Sir Ralph Howell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the net disposable income per person in pound sterling in(a) the United Kingdom, (b) the USA, (c) the European Union, (d) Japan, (e) Germany and (f) France at the latest available date; and what was the expenditure on food (i) as a percentage of net disposable income and (ii) in pound sterling.

Mr. Jack

The following broadly comparable information is available for 1991.

	Household expenditure per person1	Expenditure on food per person	Expenditure on food as a percentage of household expenditure
	£	£	Percentage
United Kingdom	6,207	766	12
USA	28,423	831	10
European Union	6,377	1,095	18
Japan	8,555	1,162	14
Germany	7,397	3 1,453	20
France	7,187	1,162	16
1Final consumption expenditure of resident households.
2Includes expenditure by private non-profit-making institutions.

³Includes alcoholic drink and meals out.

Source: EUROSTAT National Accounts ESA 1970 to 1991.

OECD National Accounts 1979 to 1991.