§ Mr. Banksasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the proportion of the social wage received by each of the groups in the Registrar-General's classification of the population; and the value per head in each.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettI would refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the
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A: TAX THRESHOLD AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE MANUAL EARNINGS Year Single person percentage Married couple percentage Married couple with 2 children aged under 11 percentage 1945–46 … … … … 28.6 49.8 85.1 1946–47 … … … … 41.1 66.6 102.9 1947–48 … … … … 41.1 66.4 109.6 1948–49 … … … … 40.1 64.3 106.1 1949–50 … … … … 39.4 62.8 103.2 1950–51 … … … … 37.3 59.6 98.0 1951–52 … … … … 33.8 56.9 97.5 1952–53 … … … … 35.3 60.3 107.3 1953–54 … … … … 33.3 56.9 101.2 1954–55 … … … … 30.9 52.7 93.8 1955–56 … … … … 32.9 55.2 99.5 1956–57 … … … … 31.0 51.9 93.4 1957–58 … … … … 29.4 49.1 88.4 1958–59 … … … … 28.9 48.3 86.8 1959–60 … … … … 27.4 45.7 82.2 1960–61 … … … … 25.5 42.6 76.6 1961–62 … … … … 25.6 41.6 73.8 1962–63 … … … … 24.7 40.2 71.4 1963–64 … … … … 32.8 50.5 84.5 1964–65 … … … … 30.4 46.7 78.1 1965–66 … … … … 27.8 43.0 71.9 1966–67 … … … … 26.8 41.5 69.4 1967–68 … … … … 25.5 39.4 66.0 1968–69 … … … … 23.7 36.6 57.4 1969–70 … … … … 25.4 37.4 56.1 1970–71 … … … … 28.7 41.0 57.6 hon. Member for Chingford (Mr. Tebbit) on 15th November.—[Vol. 939, cc. 193–94.]
§ Mr. Banksasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount of the social wage paid for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettFollowing is the information requested:
Social Wage: £ per head of the United Kingdom working population 1972–73 … … … 629 1973–74 … … … 763 1974–75 … … … 1,053 1975–76 … … … 1,301 1976–77 … … … 1,460 The figure for 1976–77 is provisional.