§ Mrs. MaddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list for the latest year for which figures are available the distribution of child benefit expenditure among families with children, broken down into equal value income bands before and after housing costs. [37915]
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellThe latest available information is in the table:
Distribution of child benefit expenditure by equivalised income band, UK 1992–93 Percentages Equivalised weekly household income (January 1993 prices) Before housing costs After housing costs £100 or less 12 28 > £100 to £150 26 21 > £150 to £200 19 18 > £200 to £250 15 13 > £250 to £300 10 8 > £300 to £350 7 4 Over £350 11 8 1. Information in the table is derived from the 1992–93 households below average income dataset; 1992–93 figures are for two calendar years data combined.
2. Income bands are based on the standard households below average income definition of income—weekly household disposable income adjusted for household size and composition (equivalised).
3. Estimates are shown by £50 income bands except where figures would be unreliable due to small sample sizes. All estimates are subject to sampling error.