§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will compare the total net weekly spending power of a man with a wife and two children under 11 years of age with a weekly wage of £20 per week with persons in similar family circumstances earning (a)
MARRIED COUPLE + 2 CHILDREN (1 under 5, 1 between 5 and 10) Earnings FAM NI Tax FIS Rent Rebate Rate Rebate Free School Milk Free Welfare Milk Net Income £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 20 … … … 0.90 1.38 — 3.60 3.56 1.14 0.60 0.315 21.535 45 … … … 0.90 2.76 6.94 — — — — — 29.00 50 … … … 0.90 3.03 8.95 — — — — — 32.08 55 … … … 0.90 3.31 10.24 — — — — — 35.15 60 … … … 0.90 3.58 11.89 — — — — — 38.23 The above is a continuation of Table 3 (employed) in the reply I gave to the hon. Member to his earlier Question on 15th May 1974.—[Vol. 873, c. 464–70].
"Net weekly spending power" is defined as gross earnings plus family allowance, and where appropriate plus FIS, rent and rate rebates, and the value of free milk and school meals; minus income tax, national insurance contribution, gross rent—£5—and rates£1.60—and work expenses—taken as a notional 60p per week.