§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report the value of the family income supplement eligibility levels for a family with one, two and four children expressed as a percentage of (1) average gross industrial earnings and (2) average net industrial earnings for each year since the scheme came into operation.
§ Mr. O'MalleyThe following table shows the FIS prescribed income levels as a percentage of average gross earnings of male manual workers as at the introduction of the scheme and at each date the levels have subsequently been increased:
213WIn the table below the FIS prescribed income levels are shown as a percentage of the net incomes received by families with one, two and four children based on the assumptions that the families
- (i) have gross earnings as shown above;
- (ii) are receiving only basic tax allowances;
- (iii) consist of man and wife with one child: aged under 11;
1 child family 2 child family 4 child family Date Average net weekly income Prescribed income level as percentage of(2) Average net weekly income Prescribed income level as percentage of(4) Average net weekly income Prescribed income level as percentage of(6) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) £ £ £ August 1971 … 24.30 74 25.77 78 29.22 82 April 1972 … 26.66 75 28.13 78 31.59 82 April 1973 … 29.89 70 31.33 75 34.75 82 October 1973 … 31.86 67 33.30 72 36.72 79 July 1974 … 35.19 71 36.99 76 41.16 83 * These estimates are based on information on the average weekly earnings of male manual workers aged 21 and over in all industries and services covered by the Department of Employment's regular annual October inquiry into earnings and hours of manual workers. Figures for months other than October have been obtained by interpolation using the Department of Employment's monthly index of average earnings.