To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 30 April, Official Report, column 572, what was the average equivalised disposable income at (a) current and (b) April 1993 prices for 1979, 1987, 1990 and 1991 of (i) single-parent households, (ii) two-parent households with (1) one child, (2) two children and (3) three or more children and (c) other households with children by quintile groups of households.
The figures are available only at current prices and are as follows:
Average equivalised disposable income by household type and by quintile groups
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£ per year Quintile groups of all households ranked by equivalised disposable income
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Household type
| Bottom
| 2nd
| 3rd
| 4th
| Top
| All Households
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1979
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| One adult with children | 1,772 | 2,713 | 3,625 | 4,713 | 7,705 | 3,151 |
| Two adults with one child | 1,882 | 2,812 | 3,664 | 4,696 | 7,206 | 4,281 |
| Two adults with two children | 2,000 | 2,794 | 3,656 | 4,744 | 7,649 | 4,081 |
| Two adults with three or more children | 1,898 | 2,800 | 3,579 | 4,715 | 7,278 | 3,308 |
| Other households with children | 2,032 | 2,811 | 3,666 | 4,739 | 6,841 | 4,080 |
1987
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| One adult with children | 3,751 | 5,268 | 7,168 | 9,981 | 17,605 | 5,386 |
| Two adults with one child | 3,600 | 5,516 | 7,465 | 10,178 | 17,318 | 9,627 |
| Two adults with two children | 3,644 | 5,562 | 7,446 | 10,138 | 18,607 | 8,996 |
| Two adults with three or more children | 3,610 | 5,440 | 7,452 | 10,007 | 16,886 | 7,041 |
| Other households with children | 3,556 | 5,432 | 7,542 | 10,122 | 16,125 | 7,900 |
1990
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| One adult with children | 4,466 | 6,651 | 9,817 | 14,835 | 22,630 | 7,086 |
| Two adults with one child | 4,126 | 7,044 | 9,921 | 14,578 | 26,635 | 14,215 |
| Two adults with two children | 4,302 | 7,113 | 10,080 | 14,206 | 23,712 | 12,022 |
| Two adults with three or more children | 4,138 | 6,948 | 9,713 | 13,943 | 31,631 | 10,157 |
| Other households with children | 4,302 | 6,953 | 9,870 | 14,419 | 24,198 | 11,708 |
1991
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| One adult with children | 5,105 | 7,477 | 10,830 | 15,434 | 23,108 | 7,867 |
| Two adults with one child | 4,469 | 7,688 | 11,088 | 15,488 | 26,878 | 14,841 |
| Two adults with two children | 4,759 | 7,830 | 11,046 | 15,379 | 26,645 | 12,993 |
| Two adults with three or more children | 4,571 | 7,809 | 11,026 | 15,347 | 26,471 | 11,223 |
| Other households with children | 4,743 | 7,774 | 10,990 | 15,423 | 26,276 | 12,572 |
The quintile groups are based on all households ranked by equivalised disposable income. Thus any difference between the average equivalised disposable income of household types within each quintile group is likely to result from sampling errors.
These figures are not strictly comparable over time because of changes in classification of both income and taxation and because of changes in the family expenditure survey.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 28 April, Official Report, columns 402–4, what was the average equivalised disposable income of (a) the top and the bottom quintile groups and (b) the top and the bottom decile groups at current prices, and at April 1993 prices in 1979 and 1991.
The figures are available only at current prices.The figures for 1979 were given in the answer of 28 April 1993,
Official Report, columns 402–4.
The figures for 1991 are as follows:
Average equivalised disposable income for all households ranked by equivalised disposable income
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Using the McClements equivalence scale with a household of a married couple = 1
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Quintile groups
| Decile groups
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£ per year
| Bottom
| Top
| Bottom
| Top
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| 1991 | 4,877 | 28,472 | 4,044 | 35,689 |
These figures are not strictly comparable with those for earlier years because of changes in classification of both income and taxation and because of changes in the family expenditure survey.