HC Deb 18 January 1979 vol 960 cc904-5W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will show, using the same assumptions as in his reply to the hon. Member for North Norfolk,Official Report, 30th November 1978, columns 298–306, the net weekly spending power of a man with two children aged 12 and 14 years: (a) when he is at work earning £55 per week, (b) when he is on strike receiving a tax refund of £12.35, supplementary benefit for his wife and children and any other State or local authority benefits to which he may be

(a)Employed
Earnings Work expenses Tax National Insurance contribution Net weekly spending power
£55.00 £2.10 £5.54 £3.58 £46.87
On strike>
Tax refund Strike pay Supplementary benefit Net weekly spending power
(b) £12.35 — £18.01 £33.45
(c) £12.35 £5.00 £13.01 £33.45

Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the net weekly spending power of a man with a wife and two children whose gross wage was £50, £60, £70, £80, £90 and £100 per week for the first week in December 1978, compared with his net weekly spending power for the first week of January 1979, if he had received a 5 per cent. wage increase dating from mid-December, using the same assumptions as in the answer to the Question of the hon. Member for Norfolk, North,Official Report, 30th November 1978, column 298; and what was the percentage increase in each case.

General Dental Services General Ophthalmic General Services Pharmaceutical Services
Income from charges £ million Proportion of total expenditure per cent. Income from charges £ million Proportion of total expenditure per cent. Income from charges £ million Proportion of total expenditure per cent.
1968–69 12. 8 17. 7 6. 9 32. 3 9. 2* 6. 3
1969–70 13. 9 17. 9 7. 8 33. 1 15. 4 9. 5
1970–71 15. 2 16. 3 8. 6 33. 2 14. 9 8. 5
1971–72 20. 3 19. 6 9. 3 38. 9 20. 2 10. 1
1972–73 24. 1 21. 6 10. 9 41. 2 22. 8 10. 1
1973–74 27. 3 22. 1 11. 9 40. 7 23. 8 9. 5
1974–75 28. 0 18. 9 13. 8 37. 6 23. 2 7. 7
1975–76 33. 2 16. 0 17. 4 28. 5 23. 8 5. 8
1976–77 39. 8 17. 7 22. 2 33. 5 23. 5 4. 7
1977–78 (provisional) 52. 3 23. 0 23. 0 34. 7 23. 7 3. 8
Note:
*Charges re-introduced on 10th June 1968.