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Regional Accounts 1999: Part 2
Estimates of total and disposable household sector income by region for 1989 to 1999, and regional estimates of individual consumption expenditure (ICE) for 1994 to 1999.
This article presents estimates of total and disposable household sector income by region for 1989 to 1999, and regional estimates of individual consumption expenditure (ICE) for 1994 to 1999. The estimates published in this article are produced under the European System of Accounts 1995 (ESA95), and are consistent with the 2000 edition of the UK National Accounts - The Blue Book.
The provisional estimates for 1999 show that:
Household income per head in London was 22 per cent higher than the UK average. In the North East and Northern Ireland it was about 18 per cent lower. Disposable household income ranged from 67 per cent of total household income in London and the South East to 72 per cent in Wales and Northern Ireland. Individual consumption expenditure (ICE) in London was 24 per cent above the UK average. In the North East it was 19 per cent below.