§ Mr. Warrenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate, on the basis of a 10 per cent. pay increase allowable under phase III, of the net percentage increase after tax for a single person and for a married man with two children of school age, earning (a) the current average industrial wage in the United Kingdom (b) £40 per week and (c) £100 per week.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonAssuming full implementation of the Budget proposals92W and subsequent increases of 10 per cent. in gross earnings, the figures are as follows:
Gross earnings Percentage increase in earnings after tax* Single person Percentage Married man with 2 children† Percentage £ per week— 71.10‡ 9.0 8.3 40 8.4 7.3 100 9.3 8.7 * Net earnings for the married man with two children do not include child benefits of £2.50 per. week. † It has been assumed that neither child is over 11 years of age. ‡ The average industrial wage has been taken as the New Earnings Survey estimate of the average earnings of full-time male manual workers aged 21 and over in Great Britain in April 1976, updated to February 1977 by the index of average earnings.