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Regional accounts 1997; part 2
Provisional estimates of total and disposable household income and individual consumption expenditure by region for 1997.
This article presents provisional estimates of total and disposable household income and individual consumption expenditure by region for 1997. This follows Regional Accounts 1997: Part 1 published in Economic Trends, March 1999 which contained first estimates of regional gross domestic product (GDP) for 1997. These are the first regional figures for the household sector to be produced under the European System of Accounts 1995 (ESA95) - the new national and regional accounts system now being used in the UK.
The latest figures published in this article show that, in 1997:
Household income per head in London was 21 per cent higher than the UK average. In Wales, the North East and Northern Ireland it was 15 per cent lower (Table A).
Social Security benefits (excluding pensions) accounted for about 16 per cent of household income in Northern Ireland, compared with about nine per cent for the UK as a whole, and six per cent for the East of England and South East regions (Table B).
Compensation of Employees was the source of 58 per cent of household income in London, compared with about 50 per cent in Northern Ireland (Table B).
Individual consumption expenditure per head is higher than the UK average only in London, the South East and East of England (Table C)
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