§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the current minimum take-home pay—after tax and national insurance—for a skilled married woman working in dressmaking, whose wages are the minimum laid down by the Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing Wages Council, assuming that her husband earns £50 per week, and that they have two children not over 11 years of age.
§ Mr. Harold WalkerThe statutory minimum remuneration for a skilled cutter in dressmaking is £23.70 gross for a week of 40 hours, if paid as a time worker. The tax deductible depends on personal circumstances and NI deductions on whether the worker has opted to pay contributions at the full or "opted-out" rates. Assuming the worker to have a normal married woman's tax coding, net pay is estimated to be about £18.50 per week.