§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the effect of a 10 per cent pay increase on the net weekly spending power of families with each of one, two, three and four children, assuming housing costs equal to the average for local authority tenants, and assuming current wages of £25, £35, £45, £55, £65 £75 and £85 a week, respectively.
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will show the increases in net weekly spending power for a married man with two children of school age, whose housing costs are £7.80 a week, when his wage of £75 is increased by (a) 10 per cent., and (b) 15 per cent.; and if he will compare these figures with the increase in spending power of an unemployed person with similar family commitments and with previous earnings of £75: (i) with tax refunds, and (ii) without tax refunds, following the recent 14 per cent. uprating of unemployment benefit.
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