§ Lord CHITNISasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will give the level to which child benefits should have been raised in each year since 1970 to equal the support given in real terms in that 1911WA year in family allowances and child tax allowances, for a one, two, three and four child family respectively.
§ Lord WELLS-PESTELLThe information requested is given below together with the actual values of child support in each of the years. They do not reflect the real improvement in the value of child support which is produced by the increase in child benefit to £2.30 a child in April 1978.
AMOUNT OF CHILD SUPPORT(1) REQUIRED TO EQUAL THE VALUE OF SUPPORT IN 1970(2) Year (December) 1 child 2 child 3 child 4 child £ £ £ £ 1970 (actual) 0.91 2.10 3.36 4.62 1971 0.99 2.29 3.66 5.04 1972 1.07 2.46 3.94 5.42 1973 1.18 2.73 4.36 6.00 1974 1.41 3.25 5.20 7.14 1975 1.76 4.06 6.49 8.92 1976 2.02 4.67 7.47 10.27 1977 2.27 5.23 8.37 11.51 (1) The combined value for FAM/CHB plus the CTA (for children under 11) to taxpayers (at the standard rate). (2) Based on the movement in the General Index of Retail Prices.
ACTUAL VALUE OF CHILD SUPPORT(1) Year (December) 1 child 2 child 3 child 4 child £ £ £ £ 1970 0.91 2.10 3.36 4.62 1971 1.16 2.63 4.17 5.71 1972 1.16 2.63 4.17 5.71 1973 1.15 2.59 4.10 5.61 1974 1.52 3.32 5.18 7.04 1975 1.62 3.86 6.10 8.34 1976 2.02 4.66 7.30 9.94 1977 2.28 4.89 7.50 10.11 (1) The combined value for FAM/CHB plus the CTA (for children under 11) to taxpayers (at the standard rate).