§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish a table on the same basic assumptions as in the reply given to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North on 10th June 425W 1975, columns 156–61, showing the net weekly spending power for a week's work after 39 weeks and when reduced to four-day working, with entitlement to benefit under the two days in six continuity rule, for a single person, for a married man with a wife and no children, and for a married man with a wife and one child, two children, three children and four children, assuming in each case gross weekly earnings of £20, £25, £30, £35, £40, £45, £50, £55, £60, £65 and £70 for a full week's work; and if she will show, in each case, for how many weeks the unemployed person will receive income tax rebates or the person claiming benefit.
§ Mr. O'MalleyThe figure for a full week's work—except for normal weekly earnings of £50—were given in my replies of 10th June and 8th July to the hon. Member.—[Vol. 893, c.156–64; Vol. 895, c. 109–112.] I consider that the expenditure of the very considerable staff time needed to work out the additional figures now requested would not be justified in terms of the information which would be provided.
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, with reference to the Written Reply given to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North on 8th July 1975, columns 110–12, if she will also show, in each case, for how many weeks the unemployed person could receive income tax rebates.
§ Mr. O'MalleyWhen it came to my attention that the hon. Member had also wanted the information requested in this Question, I gave it on 21st July—[Vol. 895, c.109–12.]—in a reply pursuant to my reply of 8th July.—[Vol. 896, c. 92.] I would, therefore, refer the hon. Member to the later of those replies.