§ Mr. Gareth Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report, for November 1982, 1983 and 1984 the value of unemployment benefit for (a) a single person and (b) a married couple as a percentage of average earnings for male manual workers in Wales.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe information requested is given in the table. The figures are based on estimated average earnings for male manual workers in Wales, derived from the "New Earnings Survey" for April each year, by interpolation using the Department of Employment's monthly indices of average earnings in Great Britain. Figures for November 1984 are provisional.
November of Single Person Married Couple 1982 18.2 29.5 1983 18.6 30.1 1984 18.2 29.4