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Mr. Wigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what percentage of household income derives from social security payments in (a) the United Kingdom and (b) Wales.
Mr. Jack
The information requested can be found in table 31 of the 1990 "Family Expenditure Survey". These percentages are affected by the interplay of a wide range of demographic and economic, as well as social, factors.