§ Mr. NellistTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide the income support (supplementary benefit) earnings equivalents, and the assumptions underlying the calculations, for 1989, or the latest available year, 1987 and 1979 for(a) a two adult household, single earner, with two children aged between 11 and 15 years, (b) a single person aged over 25 years and (c) a single parent with one child aged between 11 and 15 years.
§ Mrs. Gillian Shephard[holding answer 8 March 1990]: Figures for 1987 and 1989 are given in the table. Figures for 1979 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Levels of gross earnings at which net income after housing costs in work becomes equal to that when unemployed and in receipt of Supplementary Benefit/ Income Support Family Type Supplementary Benefit April 1987 £ (gross) Income Support October 1989 £ (gross) Couple, 2 Children aged 11, 15 35.06 27.50 Single person 32.10 34.90 Single parent 1 child aged 14 9.35 6.40
- 1. April 1987 figures exclude fares to work.
- 2. All other assumptions are the same as the Tax Benefit Model Tables (TBM) for April 1987 and October 1989. Copies available in the Library.