§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the Official Report the value of industrial injury benefit for (a) a single person, (b) a married couple, and (c) a married couple with two and four children, for each year since 1948; and if he will express these data as a percentage of gross earnings and net earnings.
§ Mr. OrmeThe information requested is set out in the following table:
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INDUSTRIAL INJURY BENEFIT IN RESPECT OF A SINGLE PERSON, A MARRIED COUPLE, A MARRIED COUPLE WITH TWO CHILDREN AND A MARRIED COUPLE WITH FOUR CHILDREN, STANDARD RATES* AND RATES AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS† AND NET‡ AVERAGE EARNINGS Standard rate of Industrial Injury benefit for: Benefit as percentage of Gross† earnings for: Benefit as percentage of Net‡ earnings for: 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 Single person Married couple Married couple plus two children Married couple plus four children (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) £ £ £ £ Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 1948 … … … … 2.25 3.05 3.675 4.175 32.6 44.2 49.6 54.6 38.7 49.0 53.3 56.4 1949 … … … … 2.25 3.05 3.675 4.175 31.6 42.8 48.0 53.0 37.6 47.7 51.5 54.7 1950 … … … … 2.25 3.05 3.675 4.175 29.9 40.6 45.5 50.5 34.9 45.0 49.1 52.1 1951 … … … … 2.25 3.05 3.925 4.675 27.1 36.7 44.3 51.7 32.3 41.3 47.6 53.1 1952 … … … … 2.75 3.825 4.875 5.925 30.8 42.8 50.1 58.5 36.0 47.1 53.9 60.2 1953 … … … … 2.75 3.825 4.875 5.925 29.1 40.4 47.3 55.6 33.7 44.4 51.1 57.1 1954 … … … … 2.75 3.825 4.875 5.925 26.9 37.4 43.8 51.9 31.5 41.4 47.7 53.2 1955 … … … … 3.375 4.625 5.775 6.925 30.3 41.5 48.2 56.1 35.9 46.1 51.7 57.7 1956 … … … … 3.375 4.625 5.775 7.125 28.4 38.9 45.2 53.6 33.9 43.6 48.7 55.0 1957 … … … … 3.375 4.625 5.775 7.125 26.8 36.8 42.7 51.0 32.4 41.7 46.5 52.4 1958 … … … … 4.25 5.75 7.25 8.95 33.1 44.8 53.4 62.9 40.6 51.7 58.0 65.2 1959 … … … … 4.25 5.75 7.25 8.95 31.4 42.4 50.6 59.9 38.1 48.7 55.3 61.9 1960 … … … … 4.25 5.75 7.25 8.95 29.2 39.6 47.1 56.2 35.9 45.8 52.0 58.0 1961 … … … … 4.875 6.625 8.375 10.325 31.8 43.2 52.0 61.7 40.0 51.3 58.3 64.8 1962 … … … … 4.875 6.625 8.375 10.325 30.7 41.8 50.3 59.8 38.9 49.8 56.5 62.9 1963 … … … … 5.75 7.825 9.825 12.025 34.3 46.7 56.3 66.3 43.7 55.7 62.5 69.8 1964 … … … … 5.75 7.825 9.825 12.025 31.8 43.2 52.0 61.6 41.0 52.4 58.8 64.9 924W
INDUSTRIAL INJURY BENEFIT IN RESPECT OF A SINGLE PERSON, A MARRIED COUPLE, A MARRIED COUPLE WITH TWO CHILDREN AND A MARRIED COUPLE WITH FOUR CHILDREN, STANDARD RATES* AND RATES AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS† AND NET‡ AVERAGE EARNINGS Standard rate of Industrial Injury benefit for: Benefit as percentage of Gross† earnings for: Benefit as percentage of Net‡ earnings for: 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 Single person Married couple Married couple plus two children Married couple plus four children (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) £ £ £ £ Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 1965 … … … … 6.75 9.25 11.50 13.95 34.5 47.2 56.7 66.5 45.5 58.7 64.8 70.7 1966 … … … … 6.75 9.25 11.50 13.95 33.3 45.6 54.7 64.3 44.3 57.1 63.1 68.8 1967 … … … … 7.25 10.05 12.55 15.00 33.9 47.0 56.9 65.1 45.7 59.8 66.3 70.6 1968 … … … … 7.25 10.05 12.85 15.65 31.5 43.7 52.0 60.4 42.8 56.2 64.3 69.6 1969 … … … … 7.75 10.85 13.95 17.05 31.2 43.7 52.6 61.5 42.7 56.7 65.7 71.8 1970 … … … … 7.75 10.85 13.95 17.05 27.6 38.7 46.5 55.1 38.8 51.4 60.2 66.3 1971 … … … … 8.75 12.45 16.15 19.85 28.3 40.3 49.3 58.7 39.4 53.6 62.5 68.6 1972 … … … … 9.50 13.65 17.85 22.05 26.5 38.1 47.3 56.9 36.1 49.9 59.5 66.7 1973 … … … … 10.10 14.65 19.25 23.85 24.7 35.8 44.8 54.4 34.0 47.7 57.8 65.7 1974 … … … … 11.35 16.65 22.05 27.45 23.3 34.2 43.5 53.3 33.7 47.4 57.3 65.0 1975 … … … … 13.85 20.75 27.75 34.75 23.2 34.3 44.1 54.2 34.6 49.6 60.7 69.2 1976 … … … … 15.65 23.65 31.75 39.85 23.4 35.3 45.2 55.8 35.1 50.3 61.5 70.0 1977 … … … … 17.45 26.55 35.55 44.55 23.9 36.4 47.2 56.8 34.8 49.7 60.9 70.1 * The benefit calculations include family allowance/child benefit where appropriate and exclude earnings related supplement which may be payable in addition where there would otherwise be title to sickness benefit. † Average gross earnings of male adult full-time manual workers in manufacturing and certain other non-manufacturing industries based on the Department of Employment's October inquiry. ‡ Gross earnings plus family allowance/child benefit—where appropriate—less tax and national insurance contributions. § Benefit rates used for 1969, 1975, 1976 and 1977 are those for November in each year.