§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of family expenditure in each income decile of households is represented by cigarette consumption; [99908]
(2) what proportion of expenditure of different types of households in the lowest income decile goes on cigarette consumption. [99910]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. David Willetts, dated 30 November 1999:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary questions on cigarette consumption.
The Family Expenditure Survey shows the proportion of family expenditure in each income decile in 1998–99 as follows:
Gross income decile group Percentage of total expenditure on cigarettes Lowest ten per cent. 3 Second decile group 3 Third decile group 3 Fourth decile group 2 Fifth decile group 2 Sixth decile group 2 Seventh decile group 2 Eighth decile group 1 Ninth decile group 1 Highest ten per cent. 1 Source:
Family Expenditure Survey 1998–99
The Family Expenditure Survey shows the proportion of expenditure of different types of households in the lowest income decile that goes on cigarette consumption in 1998–99 as follows:
Household composition Percentage of total expenditure on cigarettes One or two persons retired 2 One person not retired 3 One adult with one or more children 4 Source:
Family Expenditure Survey 1998–99
172WThere are few non-retired households with two or more adults in the lowest income decile, so sample numbers are too small to provide the percentage for such households.
Like all estimates from sample surveys, these figures are subject to sampling variability.
§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the effect on the post-tax distribution of income, by decile, of the increases in tobacco duty in the budgets of 1997, 1998 and 1999 combined. [99909]
§ Dawn PrimaroloInformation on tobacco expenditure by income decile is available in table 1.3 of the Office for National Statistics annual publication "Family Spending".