§ 28. Mr. Meacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families with, respectively, one, two, three, four and five or more children have current incomes below, respectively, £20, £25, £30, £35 and £40 per week.
§ Mr. NottEstimates are available only for families above the PAYE deduction card limit—currently £11 a week—and by range of husband's income, excluding any earnings of the wife. On this basis, the estimates are
cent. pay proposals subject to a maximum of £250 a year, how many persons are estimated in the first full year following the introduction of these proposals to 213W receive a gross pay increase of £75 or less, £75-£99, £100-£125, £125-£149, £150-£174, £175-£199, £200-£224, £225-£249, and £250, respectively; and how many persons are expected to receive net pay increases of these same amounts.
§ Mr. HigginsIt is not possible to estimate the amount by which the pay of any individual will increase as the limit is deliberately expressed as an addition to the pay bill of the group concerned, in order to leave scope for negotiation and for flexibility in application to the circumstances of particular workers. The form of the limit is, however, designed to favour low-paid workers and within the limit no individual should receive an increase of more than £250 a year. Of course, the amount of any increase in net pay depends on a number of other factors as well as the addition to gross pay, in particular the family circumstances and tax position of the individual concerned.