HC Deb 10 July 1974 vol 876 cc494-5W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will compare the total net weekly spending power of a man with a wife and one child under 11 years of age with a weekly wage of £20 per week with persons in similar family circumstances earning (a) £45 per week, (b) £50 per week, (c) £55 per week and (d) £60 per week, on the basis of the assumption in the Parlia-

MARRIED COUPLE AND 1 CHILD
Earnings NI Tax FIS Rent Rebate Rate Rebate Free Welfare Milk Net Income
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
20 … … … 1.38 — 2.50 3.31 1.06 0.315 18.605
45 … … … 2.76 7.84 — — — — 27.20
50 … … … 3.03 9.49 — — — — 30.28
55 … … … 3.31 11.14 — — — — 33.35
60 … … … 3.58 12.79 — — — — 36.43

The above is a continuation of Table 4—"employed."—in the reply given on 15th May 1974.—[Vol. 873, c. 464–70.]

Net weekly spending power, shown as "net income" in the table, is defined as in the reply I gave the hon. Member in reply to a Question on 2nd July.