§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much tax —assuming that conditional thresholds apply—and how much national insurance contribution a man with a wife and two children would have to pay if his weekly earnings were £35.85, the proposed new supplementary benefit level.
§ Mr. OrmeThe national insurance contribution would be £2.06 a week. I am advised that the income tax would be £2.10 a week.