§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services pursuant to his reply of 11th July 1977, if he will list the names of the companies in which the six claimants for benefit for acro-
PRICES AND EARNINGS: TABLE 46.05 Average earnings of male manual workers and income when employed compared with benefit income when sick or unemployed (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) October each year Average weekly earnings(a) Net income after deducting tax and N.I. contributions Standard rate of sickness or unemployment benefit plus E.R.S. (b) Benefit in col. (4) as percentage of gross income in col.(2) Benefit in col. (4) as percentage of net income in col. (3) £ £ £ per cent per cent Single man 1975 59.58 39.98 18.35 30.8 45.9 1976 66.97 44.64 20.85 31.1 46.7 Married couple with two children 1975 59.58 41.86 24.45 41.0 58"4 1976 66.97 46.99 27.75 41.4 59.1 Married couple with two children 1975 61.08* 45.72 30.65* 50.2 67.0 1976 68.47* 51.66 34.75* 50.8 67.3 * Including family allowance. Notes: (a) Average earnings of full-time adult male manual workers in manufacturing industries and some of the principal non-manufacturing industries, as published by the Department of Employment. In the case of a married couple it has been assumed that only the husband is in employment. (b) Earnings-related supplement began on 6th October 1966. The rate of supplement depends on the claimant's reckonable earnings in an earlier tax-year. The amount of supplement included in column (4) is calculated on the assumption that the average weekly earnings for October in the relevant earlier tax-year represent the average for the whole of that year.
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PRICES AND EARNINGS: TABLE 46.06 Average earnings of male manual workers compared with standard rates of retirement pensions for a single person and a married couple (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) October each year Average weekly earnings(a) Net income after deducting tax and N.I. contributions Standard rate of retirement pension Benefit in col. (4) as percentage of gross income in col.(2) Benefit in col. (4) as percentage of net income in col. (3) £ £ £ per cent per cent Single man 1975 59.58 39.98 11.60 19.5 29.0 1976 66.97 44.64 13.30 19.9 29.8 Married couple with no children 1975 59.58 41.86 18.50 31.1 44.2 1976 66.97 46.99 21.20 31.7 45.1 Note: (a) Average earnings of full-time adult male manual workers in manufacturing industries and some of the principal non-manufacturing industries as published by the Department of Employment. osteolysis were most recently employed.