HC Deb 20 December 1974 vol 883 cc735-7W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if she will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT on the same basic assumptions as in the Written Reply given to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North on 15th May last (c. 464-70), comparing the net weekly spending power for a week's work at the appropriate rate with the net weekly spending power when unemployed after 39 weeks' working at the appropriate rate, for a married man, with a wife and two children, earning (a) £20, (b) £25, (c) £30, (d) £35, (e) £40, (f) £45, (g) £50, (h) £55 and (i) £60 per week; and show, in each case, how many weeks per year he can be better off unemployed than when working ;

(2) if she will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT, on the same basic assumption as in the Written Reply given to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North on 15th May last (c. 464–70), comparing the net weekly spending power for a week's work at the appropriate rate with the net weekly spending power when unemployed after 39 weeks' working at the appropriate rate, for a married man, with a wife and no children, earning (a) £20, (b) £25, (c) £30, (d) £35, (e) £40, (f) £45, (g) £50, (h) £55 and (i) £60 per week ; and show, in each case, how many weeks per year he can be better off unemployed than when working.

Mr. O'Malley

The comparisons of net weekly disposable income requested in the first part of the Questions were given in my replies on 15th May and 2nd and 29th July to earlier Questions from the hon. Member: as to the second part, I will write to him in due course. —[Vol. 873, c. 464–70; Vol. 876, c. 147–8 ; Vol. 878, c. 97–700.]

Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if she will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT, on the same basic assumptions as in the Written Reply given to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North on 15th May last (c. 464–470), comparing the net weekly spending power for a week's work at the appropriate rate with the net weekly spending power when unemployed after 39 weeks' working at the appropriate rate, for a married man, with a wife and three children, earning (a) £20, (b) £25, (c) £30, (d) £35, (e) £40, (f) £45, (g) £50, (h) £55 and (i) £60, respectively, and show, in each case, how many weeks per year he can be better off unemployed than when working ;

(2) if she will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT, on the same basic assumptions as in the Written Reply given to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North on 15th May last (c.464–470), comparing the net weekly spending power for a week's work at the appropriate rate with the net weekly spending power when unemployed after 39 weeks' working at the appropriate rate, for a married man, with a wife and four children, earning (a) £20, (b) £25, (c) £30, (d) £35, (e) £40, (f) £45, (g) £50, (h) £55 and (i) £60, respectively, and show, in each case, how many weeks per year he can be better off unemployed than when working ;

(3) if she will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT, on the same basic assumptions as in the Written Reply given to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North on 15th May last (c. 464–470), comparing the net weekly spending power for a week's work at the appropriate rate with the net weekly spending power when unemployed after 39 weeks' working at the appropriate rate, for a married man, with a wife and one child, earning (a) £20, (b) £25, (c) £30, (d) £35, (e) £40, (i) £45, (g) £50, (h) £55 and (i) £60, respectively, and show, in each case, how many weeks per year he can be better off unemployed than when working.

Mr. O'Malley

The comparisons of net weekly disposable income requested in the first part of the Questions were given in my replies on 15th May, 2nd, 10th and 29th July and 8th November to earlier Questions from the hon. Member ; as to the second part, I will write to him in due course.—[Vol. 873, c. 464–70; Vol. 876, c. 147–8; Vol. 876, c. 494–6 ; Vol. 878, c. 97–100; Vol. 880, c. 275–6.]

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