§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will compare the total net incomes of single persons of 67 years of age when in receipt, respectively, of national insurance pension and of full unemployment benefit, flat rate, when they have in addition unearned regular income of £5, £10 and £15 a week, respectively, and when this income has remained the same for over 12 months, showing any tax deductions in each calculation;
(2) if he will compare the total net incomes of men of 67 years of age with wives not earning and with no income of their own and with no other dependants when in receipt, respectively, of national insurance pension when in receipt of full unemployment benefit, flat rate, and when 175W they have in addition regular unearned income of £5, £10 and £15 per week, respectively, and when this income has remained the same for more than one year, showing any tax deduction in each calculation.
§ Mr. NottThe figures are:
Net weekly income (Weekly tax deduction, if any, is shown in brackets) Single person Married man Source of Income (1) National Insurance retirement pension plus investment income of: £ £ (a) £5 per week 11 14.70 (b) £10 per week 14.61 18.78 (1.39) (0.92) (c) £15 per week 17.66 21.32 (3.34) (3.38) (2) Unemployment benefit (flat rate) plus investment income of: (a) £5 per week 11 14.70 (b) £10 per week 16 19.70 (c) £15 per week 19.90 24.70 (1.10) Notes: 1972–73 rates of tax and allowances have been used for purposes of calculating tax. It has been assumed that flat rate unemployment benefit is payable for 52 weeks, although it is in fact payable for only 45 consecutive weeks.
RUC RUC ARMY UDR Civilian Persons under 16 Reserve Men Women Men women 1972 (up to 6th June) … … 7 1 *31 †8 43 11 ‡2 3 * The figure in this column on 24th May, 1972 should have been 26. † The figure in this column should have read 8 on 24th May, 1972. ‡ This figure is one less than the figures given on 24th May, 1972; this is because the security forces are now satisfied that one person in this category was killed whilst engaging in terrorist activity.