§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his latest estimate of the number of wage earners with marginal tax rates, taking into account increased national insurance and loss of means-tested benefits as well as income tax, in excess of (a) 50 per cent., (b) 75 per cent. and (c) 100 per cent.; and what percentage of all wage earners this figure represents.
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage increase in gross earnings a man with a wife and two children, earning £40 per week would require in order to increase his net weekly spending power by 14 per cent., which is the current rate of inflation, taking into account tax and national insurance and adjustments to rent and rate rebates, and assuming that 131W he is due for reassessment for FIS within one month.
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will compare the FIS entitlement with the tax liability and the national insurance contribution for a married man with two children earning £35 per week.