HC Deb 07 February 1972 vol 830 cc289-90W
Mr. Pardoe

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate from information available to him the gross and net income required by a married man with two children to maintain the same standard of living as a single man having the average gross and net industrial earnings.

Mr. Dean

We have no information which would enable us to make comparisons between standards of living, which are affected not only by income but by each individual's choice and must vary according to the number of people dependent on him.