§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the value of the child addition paid to claimants drawing sickness and unemployment pay for each relevant year since 1948; and if he will express these data as a percentage of (a) the single person's and (b) the married couple's adult rate.
§ Mr OrmeFollowing is the information:
drawing the higher rate of national insurance benefit for each relevant year since 1948; and if he will express these data as a percentage of (a) the single 73W person's and (b) the married couple's adult rate.
CHILD ADDITIONS PAID TO CLAIMANTS RECEIVING WIDOWED MOTHER'S ALLOWANCE, INVALIDITY PENSION* AND RETIREMENT PENSION Date from which payable Addition for first child only Single person's adult rate (2) as a percentage of (3) Married couple's adult rate (2) as a percentage of (5) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) £ £ £ July 1948 … 0.37½ 1.30 28.85 2.10 17.86 September 1951 … 0.50 1.50 33.33 2.50 20.00 July 1952 … 0.52½ 1.62½ 32.31 2.70 19.44 May 1955 … 0.57½ 2.00 28.75 3.25 17.69 February 1958 … 0.75 2.50 30.00 4.00 18.75 April 1961 … 0.87½ 2.87½ 30.43 4.62½ 18.92 March 1963 … 1.00 3.37½ 29.63 5.45 18.35 January 1965 … 1.12½ 4.00 28.13 6.50 17.31 October 1967 … 1.25 4.50 27.78 7.30 17.12 April 1968 … 1.40 4.50 31.11 7.30 19.18 November 1969 … 1.55 5.00 31.00 8.10 19.14 September 1971 … 2.95 6.00 49.17 9.70 30.41 October 1972 … 3.30 6.75 48.89 10.90 30.28 October 1973 … 3.80 7.75 49.03 12.50 30.40 July 1974 … 4.90 10.00 49.00 16.00 30.63 April 1975 … 5.65 11.60 48.71 18.50 30.54 November 1975 … 6.50 13.30 48.87 21.20 30.66 November 1976 … 7.45 15.30 48.69 24.50 30.41 April 1977 … 6.45† 15.30 42.16 24.50 26.33 * Invalidity benefit was introduced in September 1971. † Child benefit of £1.00 payable in addition. The tables does not include additions for second and subsequent children, which have always been reduced to take account of family allowances/child benefit, and are therefore lower than the first child rate.