§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State fo Social Services if she will bring up to date in the Official Report, Tables 46.05 and 46.06 of the Social Security Statistics, giving figures for April and November 1975, and Table 46.02 giving the figures for November 1975.
§ Mr. MeacherThe information requested is as follows: 273W
TABLE 46.06 AVERAGE EARNINGS OF MALE MANUAL WORKERS COMPARED WITH STANDARD RATES OF RETIREMEN PENSIONS FOR A SINGLE PERSON AND A MARRIED COUPLE Date Average weekly earnings* Net income after deducting tax and National Insurance contributions Standard rate of retirement pension Benefit in Column (4) as percentage of gross income in Column (2) Benefit in Column (4) as percentage of net income in Column (3) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) £ £ £ Per cent. Per cent. Single man 1975 April … … 54.05 36.70 11.60 21.5 31.6 November … … 60.58 40.58 13.30 22.0 32.8 Married couple with no children 1975 April … … 54.05 38.58 18.50 34.2 48.0 November … … 60.58 42.46 21.20 35.0 49.9 * Average earnings of full-time adult male manual workers in manufacturing industries and some of the principal non-manufacturing industries, as published by the Department of Employment. In the case of a married couple it has been assumed that only the husband is in employment. † Earnings-related supplement began on 6th October 1966. The rate of supplement depends on the claimant's reckonable earnings in an earlier tax-year (see table 1.02). The amount of supplement included in column (4) is calculated on the assumption that the average weekly earnings for October m the relevant earlier tax-year represent the average for the whole of that year.