§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the value of the single and married persons with none,
SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT SCALE RATES AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS† OF MALE MANUAL WORKERS IN OCTOBER Married persons Year Single persons (householder scale rate) Without children With 2 children (aged 4 and 8) With 4 children (aged 4, 8, 12 and 14) 1963 … … … … 19.0 31.2 43.9 60.6 1964 … … … … 17.5 28.9 40.6 56.1 1965 … … … … 19.4 32.0 44.7 61.8 1966* … … … … 18.7 30.9 43.1 59.6 (20.0) (32.8) (45.4) (62.7) 1967 … … … … 20.1 33.0 45.9 63.2 1968 … … … … 19.8 32.4 45.2 62.6 1969* … … … … 18.3 30.0 41.9 58.0 (19.3) (31.6) (43.9) (61.0) 1970* … … … … 17.1 28.0 38.9 54.0 (18.5) (30.3) (42.1) (58.5) 1971 … … … … 18.8 30.6 42.5 60.1 1972 … … … … 18.3 29.7 41.3 58.5 * Supplementary benefit scale rates were increased in November—the entry in brackets shows the relevant percentage of the increased rate. † Average earnings of full-time male manual wage-earners in manufacturing and some of the principal non-manufacturing industries taken from the enquiry conducted by the Department of Employment in October each year. Percentages for 1972 are provisional