HC Deb 09 November 2000 vol 356 c338W
28. Mr. Derek Twigg

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on changes in household living standards since April. [135979]

Miss Melanie Johnson

Living standards for a single-earner family on average earnings with two children are expected to increase by 10 per cent. in real terms over the Parliament. For a single-earner family on half average earnings with two children, living standards have increased by 18 per cent. in real terms over the last year.

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