§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the weekly value of tax refunds in 1977?–78 and the maximum number of weeks for which they may be payable during sickness or unemployment, for a single person, a married couple and a married couple with one, two, three and four children who previously earned (a) 100 per cent., (b) 75 per cent., and (c) 50 per cent. of average manual earnings.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonOn the assumption that the children are not over 11 years of age the figures are approximately as shown in the table below:
in respect of her income where she and her husband are separately assessed, and in respect of her earnings where an election has been made for separate taxation of wife's earnings.