HC Deb 10 January 1995 vol 252 cc53-4W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) how many children in(a) the city of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and Humberside lived in a household whose income was (i) in the lowest 10th of household incomes nationally and (ii) in the highest 10th of household incomes nationally in 1979 and in the most recent year for which figures are available;

(2) how many children in (a) the city of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and Humberside lived in a household whose income was half or less than half the national average household income in 1979 and in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Mr. Burt

The information requested is not available on a regional basis.

Statistics on patterns of household disposable income, for the United Kingdom as a whole, are provided in "Households Below Average Income 1979–1991–92", published in July 1994, a copy of which is in the Library.