§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report(a) the long-term and (b) the ordinary supplementary benefit rate for a single person, a married couple, a married couple with two children under five years of age and a married couple with four children, two under five years of age and two between 10 and 15 years of age, including an average rent payment as a percentage of average gross earnings for each year since 1964.
§ Mr. OrmeThe information requested is given in the following table:
long-term and (b) the ordinary supplementary benefit rate for a single person, a married couple, a married couple with 253W two children under five years of age and a married couple with four children, two under five years of age and two aged between 10 and 15 years, including an average rent payment as a percentage of
SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT (INCLUDING RENT ADDITION) AS A PERCENTAOF OF NET AVERAGE EARNINGS* Short term Long term Year (October)† Single person Married couple Married couple plus two children Married couple plus four children Single person Married couple Married couple plus two children Married couple plus four children Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 1972 35.3 51.1 59.6 71.8 37.6 53.3 61.6 73.6 1973 36.0 49.3 59.3 69.9 39.4 53.2 62.9 73.1 1974 34.6 49.6 60.6 71.4 40.5 57.3 67.7 77.7 1975 39.2 56.5 66.9 79.4 46.2 65.6 75.2 86.9 1976 41.2 58.9 68.2 81.2 47.9 67.9 76.3 88.5 1977‡ 40.0 56.9 66.3 80.9 46.8 65.9 74.5 88.4 * Estimates made by the Department of Health and Social Security based on the average gross weekly earnings of male adult, full time manual workers as determined by the Department of Employment October enquiry into the earnings of manual workers employed in manufacturing and certain other non-manufacturing industries plus family allowance (or child benefit) less tax and National Insurance contributions. †Benefit rates used for 1975, 1976 and 1977 are those for November. † Provisional estimates.