This article presents estimates of total and disposable household income by region for 1990 to 1998. The estimates published in this article are produced under the European System of Accounts 1995 (ESA95), and are consistent with the 1999 edition of the UK National Accounts - The Blue Book. Due to the absence of key source data, estimates for 1997 and 1998 are presented as provisional.
The figures published in this article show that, in 1998:
Household income per head in London was 23 per cent higher than the UK average. In Wales, the North East and Northern Ireland in was 15 to 20 per cent lower. (Table A).
Social Security benefits (excluding pensions) accounted for about 17 per cent of household income in Northern Ireland, compared with about 8 per cent for the UK as a whole, and about 6 per cent for the East and South East regions (Table B).
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