HC Deb 19 July 1995 vol 263 cc1267-8W
Mr. Winnick

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer of £74.26 or less according to the family expenditure survey 1993, table 4.1. [34823]

Mrs. Knight

[holding answer 17 July 1995]: The percentage of one adult retired households who are mainly dependent on state pensions with average weekly expenditure of £74.26 or less is estimated, from the family expenditure survey 1993, to have been 65 per cent. This figure is subject to sampling variation.