§ Dr. David Owenasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity, how many men's weekly wage packet with family allowance is less than their entitlement under social security benefits.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerI regret this information is not available.
§ Dr. David Owenasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity, how many men's take home pay is less than £12 10s. a week.
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§ Mr. Harold WalkerIt is estimated that the number of men in the United Kingdom whose gross earnings less P.A.Y.E. tax were below £12 10s. a week in 1966 was approximately 1,300,000 or about 10 per cent, of the estimated number of men employees at mid-1966. This figure is derived from information provided by members of nearly 3,300 households which co-operated in the Family Expenditure Survey in 1966. It relates to men aged 21 and over who normally worked for more than 30 hours a week. It is subject to sampling error and has been rounded to the nearest 100,000.
Although estimates are not yet available for 1967, preliminary results from the Family Expenditure Survey suggest that for 1967 the figure will be considerably lower.