§ Mrs. Lena Jegerasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what, at the last convenient date, were the average weekly and hourly earnings for men and women, respectively, in industry; and what were the figures for the previous comparable period.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe following information is derived from the half-yearly inquiries into the earnings and hours of manual workers:
proposed in the Budget, on earnings of £500, £750, £1,000, £1,250, £2,000, £4,000 and £10,000 a year for a single man, a married man without children and a married man with one, two, three or four children, respectively; what is the net disposable income in the same cases taking family allowances into account; and what are the comparable figures for 1964;
(2) what is the net disposable income at the rates proposed in the Budget on earnings of £500, £750, £1,000, £1,250, £2,000, £4,000 and £10,000 a year for a single man, a married man without children and a married man with one, two, three or four children, respectively, taking into account family allowances, social security contributions and an estimated average for indirect taxes and rates; and what are the comparable figures for 1964.
§ Mr. Harold LeverThe figures which are available are shown in the table below.
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1964–65 1969–70 Disposable income Disposable income Earnings £ p.a. Net of tax Net of tax, SS contributions indirect taxes and rates Net of tax Net of tax, SS contributions indirect taxes and rates £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Single man 500 … … 459 18 8 354 0 0 459 16 8 293 0 0 750 … … 646 4 8 505 0 0 643 16 3 423 0 0 1,000 … … 820 17 9 618 0 0 813 12 1 494 0 0 1,250 … … 995 10 9 770 0 0 983 7 11 626 0 0 2,000 … … 1,519 9 11 1,296 0 0 1,492 15 5 1,138 0 0 4,000 … … 2,916 14 5 .. 2,851 2 1 .. 10,000 … … 5,921 6 0 .. 5,715 1 3 .. Married man without children 500 … … 490 12 5 344 0 0 495 16 8 261 0 0 750 … … 687 12 0 515 0 0 687 10 0 415 0 0 1,000 … … 867 7 9 654 0 0 863 2 1 527 0 0 1,250 … … 1,042 0 9 817 0 0 1,032 17 11 675 0 0 2,000 … … 1,565 19 11 1,289 0 0 1,542 5 5 1,097 0 0 4,000 … … 2,963 4 5 2,323 0 0 2,900 12 1 1,854 0 0 10,000 … … 6,006 16 0 .. 5,803 11 3 .. Married man with 1 child under 11 500 … … 500 0 0 .. 500 0 0 .. 750 … … 722 2 0 545 0 0 722 0 0 441 0 0 1,000 … … 911 19 0 704 0 0 910 10 10 583 0 0 1,250 … … 1,086 12 0 853 0 0 1,080 6 8 709 0 0 2,000 … … 1,610 11 2 1,319 0 0 1,589 14 2 1,121 0 0 4,000 … … 3,007 15 8 .. 2,948 0 10 .. 10,000 … … 6,088 14 9 .. 5,888 7 6 .. 104W 105W
1964–65 Disposable income Earnings £ p.a. Net of tax ignoring FAM Net of tax with FAM Net of tax, SS contributions, indirect taxes and rates ignoring FAM Net of tax, SS contributions, indirect taxes and rates with FAM £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Married man with 2 children under 11 500 … … 500 0 0 520 16 0 .. .. 750 … … 747 14 8 765 5 11 570 0 0 588 0 0 1,000 … … 948 5 4 964 4 3 733 0 0 749 0 0 1,250 … … 1,131 3 3 1,145 13 11 896 0 0 910 0 0 2,000 … … 1,655 2 5 1,669 13 1 1,369 0 0 1,383 0 0 4,000 … … 3,052 6 11 3,066 3 11 .. .. 10,000 … … 6,170 13 6 6,176 13 1 .. .. Married man with 3 children under 11 500 … … 500 0 0 546 16 0 .. .. 750 … … 750 0 0 796 16 0 546 0 0 592 0 0 1,000 … … 981 16 11 1,018 12 11 765 0 0 801 0 0 1,250 … … 1,174 8 8 1,208 8 5 931 0 0 965 0 0 2,000 … … 1,699 13 8 1,732 7 7 1,396 0 0 1,429 0 0 4,000 … … 3,096 18 2 3,127 16 1 .. .. 10,000 … … 6,250 15 3 6,266 1 4 .. .. Married man with 4 children under 11 500 … … 500 0 0 572 16 0 .. .. 750 … … 750 0 0 822 16 0 .. .. 1,000 … … 1,000 0 0 1,066 6 5 779 0 0 845 0 0 1,250 … … 1,208 18 8 1,264 14 11 968 0 0 1,023 0 0 2,000 … … 1,744 4 11 1,795 2 1 1,390 0 0 1,441 0 0 4,000 … … 3,141 9 5 3,189 8 2 .. .. 10,000 … … 6,326 19 0 6,351 10 5 .. ..
1969–70 Disposable income Earnings £ p.a. Net of tax ignoring FAM Net of tax with FAM Net of tax, SS contributions, indirect taxes and rates ignoring FAM Net of tax, SS contributions, indirect taxes and rates with FAM £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Married man with 2 children under 11 500 … … 500 0 0 546 16 0 .. .. 750 … … 750 0 0 779 15 7 469 0 0 499 0 0 1,000 … … 948 3 4 971 8 11 609 0 0 632 0 0 1,250 … … 1,127 15 5 1,142 4 7 755 0 0 769 0 0 2,000 … … 1,637 2 11 1,651 12 1 1,177 0 0 1,192 0 0 4,000 … … 2,995 9 7 3,008 0 6 .. .. 10,000 … … 5,973 3 9 5,968 2 11 .. .. Married man with 3 children under 11 500 … … 500 0 0 598 16 0 .. .. 750 … … 750 0 0 841 10 11 424 0 0 516 0 0 1,000 … … 982 13 4 1,033 4 3 641 0 0 691 0 0 1,250 … … 1,174 6 8 1,207 13 2 787 0 0 820 0 0 2,000 … … 1,684 11 8 1,717 0 8 1,196 0 0 1,228 0 0 4,000 … … 3,042 18 4 3,071 1 5 .. .. 10,000 … … 6,057 5 0 6,049 5 8 .. .. Married man with 4 children under 11 500 … … 500 0 0 650 16 0 .. .. 750 … … 750 0 0 900 16 0 .. .. 1,000 … … 1,000 0 0 1,094 19 7 650 0 0 745 0 0 1,250 … … 1,208 16 8 1,273 1 9 825 0 0 889 0 0 2,000 … … 1,732 0 5 1,782 9 3 1,159 0 0 1,210 0 0 4,000 … … 3,090 7 1 3,134 2 4 .. .. 10,000 … … 6,136 6 3 6,130 8 5 .. .. Notes: (1) All rates and allowances relate to 1964–65 or 1969–70. (2) The details given under the heads "Disposable income …" ignoring family allowances take no account of the tax on family allowances nor of the effect for 1969–70 on the tax of the reduction in personal allowances of £42 for each child ranking for family allowances. (3) National Insurance contributions taken into account are those for an employed man not contracted out of the graduated pension scheme. (4) The amounts taken into account for indirect taxes and rates are derived from the Family Expenditure Survey and are therefore subject to sampling errors, particularly in income groups represented by small numbers of cases. For this reason no figures are shown for some income levels, and the figures shown are given only to the nearest £.