§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will detail for each of the years since 1979–80 the household income distribution in Scotland, grouped into deciles for each year and expressed in both cash terms and at April 1994 prices, expressing them both before and after housing costs.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation in the form requested is not available. However, the Scottish "Abstract of Statistics" provides a breakdown of average weekly household income and expenditure in Scotland by different income bands. A copy is available in the Library.
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