§ Mr. Wakehamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish figures in the Official Report showing the marginal net benefit from a £1 increase in gross earnings as at July 1977, March 1978 and May 1978 for a married couple with two childen aged four and six years with the wife not earning, for each £1 increment in gross weekly earnings of husband from £20 per week to £120 per week;
(2) if he will publish figures in the Official Report showing the relationship between total income support and gross weekly earnings as at July 1977, March 1978 and May 1978 for a married couple with two children aged 4 and 6 years, with the wife not earning, for each £1 increment in gross weekly earnings of husband from £20 per week to £120 per
Standard rate of Retirement Pension Equivalent value at October 1967 prices* Date Single person Married couple Single person Married couple Column (3) as percentage taking October 1967 as 100 Column (4) as percentage taking October 1967 as 100 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) £ £ £ £ October 1946 … 1.30 2.10 2.80 4.53 62.2 62.1 July 1948 … … 1.30 2.10 2.60 4.20 57.8 57.5 September 1951 … 1.50 2.50 2.53 4.22 56.2 57.8 September 1952 … 1.625 2.70 2.57 4.27 57.1 58.5 April 1955 … … 2.00 3.25 2.94 4.78 65.3 65.5 January 1958 … 2.50 4.00 3.25 5.20 72.2 71.2 April 1961 … … 2.875 4.625 3.57 5.74 79.3 78.6 May 1963 … … 3.375 5.45 3.89 6.28 86.4 86.0 March 1965 … 4.00 6.50 4.36 7.08 96.9 97.0 October 1967 … 4.50 7.30 4.50 7.30 100.0 100.0 November 1969 … 5.00 8.10 4.48 7.26 99.6 99.5 September 1971 … 6.00 9.70 4.62 7.47 102.7 102.3 October 1972 … 6.75 10.90 4.79 7.73 106.4 105.9 October 1973 … 7.75 12.50 5.00 8.07 111.1 110.5 July 1974 … … 10.00 10.00 5.69 9.10 126.4 124.7 April 1975 … … 11.60 18.50 5.61 8.94 124.7 122.5 November 1975 … 13.30 21.20 5.76 9.18 128.0 125.8 November 1976 … 15.30 24.50 5.76 9.22 128.0 126.3 November 1977 … 17.50 28.00 5.83 9.32 129.6 127.7 * Movement based on cost of living index and general index of retail prices.