§ Mr. LuffTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are his Department's plans for the households below average income and the pensioners' incomes statistical series. [33113]
§ Mr. Andrew MitchellI have today published the report of the Department's review of the methodology underlying the households below average income series. A copy has been placed in the Library. One of its recommendations is that future issues should highlight information on income mobility derived from longitudinal sources.
Incorporating the review results, together with the move in the survey sources from calendar to financial years, means that publication of the next households below average income is expected to be in October. Publication of the pensioners' incomes series, which draws on the households below income database, is expected to follow in November.