HC Deb 24 November 1995 vol 267 cc417-8W
Mr. Robert Ainsworth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate, by region, the average weekly expenditure in 1997–98 and 1996–97 of(a) all households, (b) families with children, (c) non-retired households and (d) retired households, on domestic fuel, showing separately for 1995–96 the extra expenditure as a result of VAT at 8 per cent. [92]

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Table 5.1 of the CSO report "Family Spending: A report on the 1994–95 Family Expenditure Survey" provides the latest published data. Figures for 1995–96 and subsequent years will depend on the future level of fuel prices, and on what happens to incomes and spending patterns.