§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the weekly family allowance payable to a family with three children as a percentage of the average earnings of adult male manual workers in 1946, the last date on which family allowances were increased, and the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. DeanThe percentages are as follows: October 1946, 8.3; October, 1968, (date of increase) 8.3; August 1973 (estimated earnings for latest available date), 4.8.