To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) amount of unsecured personal debt, (b) average amount of unsecured personal debt and (c) average household disposable income was in each Government Office region in each year since 1997.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Dennis Roberts, dated
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question on unsecured personal debt and average household disposable income by Government Office Region each year since 1997.I am replying in her absence. (105805)
The ONS published estimates of household income by regions and countries of the UK, but only publish levels of debt for the UK as a whole.
Table A contains estimates of gross disposable household income (GDHI) per head of population by Government Office Regions.
Table B contains the amount of unsecured personal debt and the average amount of unsecured personal debt for the UK.
Table A: gross disposable household income (£) per head of population( 1,2,3) by Government office regions | ||||||||
Gross disposable household income per head of population | ||||||||
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
North East | 8,330 | 8,534 | 8,861 | 9,293 | 9,822 | 10,127 | 10,583 | 10,906 |
North West | 8,865 | 9,140 | 9,545 | 10,044 | 10,620 | 10,908 | 11,377 | 11,723 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 8,866 | 9,164 | 9,520 | 10,016 | 10,554 | 10,851 | 11,352 | 11,705 |
East Midlands | 8,900 | 9,161 | 9,515 | 10,032 | 10,670 | 11,009 | 11,554 | 11,918 |
West Midlands | 8,813 | 9,078 | 9,486 | 10,011 | 10,600 | 10,891 | 11,383 | 11,729 |
East of England | 10,234 | 10,554 | 11,053 | 11,729 | 12,549 | 12,964 | 13,525 | 13,889 |
London | 11,592 | 12,045 | 12,702 | 13,437 | 14,183 | 14,431 | 15,004 | 15,298 |
South East | 10,875 | 11,303 | 11,845 | 12,532 | 13,348 | 13,723 | 14,310 | 14,656 |
South West | 9,600 | 9,888 | 10,321 | 10,860 | 11,546 | 11,870 | 12,407 | 12,721 |
Wales | 8,428 | 8,628 | 8,980 | 9,479 | 10,096 | 10,437 | 10,924 | 11,278 |
Scotland | 9,096 | 9,325 | 9,683 | 10,215 | 10,840 | 11,225 | 11,763 | 12,116 |
Northern Ireland | 8,287 | 8,526 | 8,881 | 9,376 | 9,935 | 10,233 | 10,667 | 10,988 |
United Kingdom | 9,625 | 9,938 | 10,390 | 10,971 | 11,643 | 11,971 | 12,500 | 12,840 |
(1) Gross disposable household income (GDHI) is the amount of money that households have available for spending or saving after deductions and expenditure associated with income, e.g. taxes and social contributions, and provision for future pension income. (2) The population measure is based upon mid-year estimates of total population. (3) Estimates are consistent with the national accounts series for the combined household and non-profit institutions serving households sectors as published in Blue Book 2005. |
Table B: unsecured personal debt and average unsecured personal debt for the UK | ||
Unsecured personal debt(1) (end-year) (£ million) | Average unsecured personal Debt(2) (end-year) (£) | |
1997 | 88,412 | 1,943 |
1998 | 97,404 | 2,133 |
1999 | 109,208 | 2,381 |
2000 | 124,323 | 2,696 |
2001 | 140,891 | 3,036 |
2002 | 157,748 | 3,378 |
2003 | 163,506 | 3,479 |
2004 | 183,390 | 3,875 |
2005 | 192,507 | 4,033 |
(1) Unsecured personal debt is the sum of short term loans issued by monetary financial institutions in the United Kingdom and abroad. The data were published in the United Kingdom Economic Accounts table 64 published on 24 November 2006 available at the following address: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Productasp?vlnk=1904i&Pos=4&ColRank=l&Rank=422 (2) Average unsecured personal debt is calculated as debt per head. The population figure used to derive this is the population aged 16+ in the United Kingdom. These estimates are expressed in nominal terms that are not adjusted for the effects of general price inflation. |
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