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Mr. Field
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the percentage of income spent on food and fuel, excluding housing, for an average household; and how this compares with the expenditure of pensioner households.
Mr. Jim Lester
The family expenditure survey for 1978 showed that the percentage of total expenditure on food and fuel was as follows:
| Schemes | Adults | Young people | ||||||
| Youth opportunities programme | … | … | … | 19 | 42 | 194 | ||
| Special temporary employment programme | … | … | 37 | 587 | — | |||
| Community industry | … | … | … | … | … | 3 | 4 | 26 |