EARNINGS INCREASES AND WEEKLY DEDUCTIONS (Hansard, 1 April 1976)

§ Lord NEWALL

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish as soon as possible a table showing by stages

MARRIED COUPLE WITH Two CHILDREN
Earnings (head of Familv)	Income Tax	National Insurance Contributions	FIS	Rent Rebate	Rate Rebate
£	£	£	£	£	£
25.00	0.00	1.38	4.30	4.33	1.61
26.00	0.32	1.43	3.80	4.33	1.57
27.00	0.67	1.49	3.30	4.31	T.53
28.00	1.02	1.54	2.80	4.19	1.49
29.00	1.37	1.60	2.30	4.06	1.45
30.00	1.72	1.65	1.80	3.94	1.41
31.00	2.07	1.71	1.30	3.81	1.37
32.00	2.42	1.76	0.80	3.69	1.33
33.00	2.77	1.81	0.30	3.56	1.29
34.00	3.12	1.87	0.00	3.39	1.23
35.00	3.47	1.92	0.00	3.14	1.15
36.00	3.82	1.98	0.00	2.89	1.07
37.00	4.17	2.04	0.00	2.64	0.99
38.00^*	4.52	2.09	0.00	2.46	0.93
39.00	4.87	2.14	0.00	2.29	0.87
40.00	5.22	2.20	0.00	2.12	0.81
41.00†	5.57	2.26	0.00	1.95	0.75
42.00	5.92	2.31	0.00	1.78	0.69
43.00	6.27	2.37	0.00	1.61	0.63
44.00	6.62	2.42	0.00	1.44	0.57
45.00	6.97	2.48	0.00	1.27	0.51
46.00	7.32	2.53	0.00	1.10	0.45
47.00	7.67	2.59	0.00	0.93	0.39
48.00	8.02	2.64	0.00	0.76	0.33
49.00	8.37	2.69	0.00	0.59	0.27
50.00	8.72	2.75	0.00	0.42	0.21
5100	9.07	2.81	0.00	0.25	0.15
52.00	9.42	2.86	0.00	0.00	0.09
5300	9.77	2.91	0.00	0.00	0.00
54.00	10.12	2.97	0.00	0.00	0.00
55.00	10.47	3.03	0.00	0.00	0.00
56.00	10.82	3.08	0.00	0.00	0.00
57.00	11.17	3.13	0.00	0.00	0.00
58.00	11.52	3.19	0.00	0.00	0.00
59.00	11.87	3.25	0.00	0.00	0.00
60.00	12.22	3.30	0.00	0.00	0.00
^* No entitlement to free school meals at these or higher earnings.
†No entitlement to free welfare milk at these or higher earnings.

Notes:

1. The ages of the children are four and six. Rent and rates are £4.33 and £1.64 a week respectively. Information based on the exact assumptions given in the noble Lord's Question could not be obtained without disproportionate expense.
2. Family allowances of £1.50 a week are payable.
3. Work expenses are assumed to be £1.00 a week.
4. The table is not to be interpreted as meaning that changes in earnings automatically result in changes in benefit. Family income supplements, free school meals and free welfare milk are awarded for periods of 12 months irrespective of changes of income during this period.

1398WA

in respect of each earnings increase of £1 from £25 per week to £60 per week the deductions by way of income tax; National Insurance contribution; loss of family income supplement; loss of rent rebates; loss of rate rebates; and loss of free school meals; assuming the earner is a married man with two children aged between 5 and 10 and that he pays £4 in weekly rent and £2 in weekly rates.