§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of state for Social Services if he will publish a table comparing the weekly tax threshold for a single householder, a married couple, and families with each of one, two, three, four, six eight and 10 children, with the family in-
Age(s) of child(ren) Tax Threshold Prescribed amount for FIS (from July 1976) Ordinary Supplementary benefit scale rate (from November 1976) (a) (b) £ £ £ £ Single Person … — 12.98 14.13 — 12.70 Married Couple … — 18.37 20.87 — 20.65 Married Couple with: 1 child … 4 24.13 26.63 39.00 24.25 2 children … 4, 8 28.90 31.40 43.50 28.60 3 children … 4, 8, 11 34.35 36.85 48.00 33.95 4 children … 4, 8, 11, 16 40.37 42.87 52.50 41.75 6 children … 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16 50.58 53.08 61.50 52.60 8 children 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16 60.79 63.29 70.50 61.55 10 children … 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17 71.58 74.08 79.50 73.70