Halifax, part of the Lloyds Banking Group, on Monday when it announced the results of the poll stating the average pocket money of children in Britain fell to 5.89 pounds (9.23 dollars), one week in 2010 from 6.24 pounds in 2009 , as quoted by Reuters Life!.
This amount is the lowest weekly allowance since 2003, when parents give pocket money on average 5.79 pounds.
Children's allowance has fallen despite the increase in wages their parents during the past year. The average weekly payment in the UK within three months to July was 431 pounds, not including bonuses, 1.8 percent more than the previous year.
Parents give their daughters less pocket money than for boys, in line with the gender gap in adult income.
Daughter receives an allowance average 5.70 pounds per month, while boys got £ 6.08 per month, the difference as much as six percent compared with 12 percent among men and women full.
Halifax underlying data in the survey of 1204 children aged between 8 and 15 years and was conducted from 26 August until 2 September.
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