HC Deb 27 July 1978 vol 954 cc924-5W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table similar to page 7 of the Royal Com-

Comparison of standard rate of national insurance unemployment or sickness benefit—plus family allowance/child benefit—both excluding and including earnings related supplement, with average earnings of full-time adult male manual workers—plus family allowance/child benefit—before and after deducting tax and employees' national insurance contributions, net average income as a percentage of average earnings—plus family allowance/child benefit—and benefit as a percentage of net average income and of average earnings—plus family allowance/child benefit—married couple plus four children, selected years 1948 and 1960 to 1977.
Year (October) Average gross weekly earnings plus family allowance/child benefit before tax and N.I.* Net average income† Standard rate of unemployment or Sickness Benefit plus family allowance/Child Benefit Net income in Col. (2) as percentage of gross earnings in Col (1) Benefit in Col. (3) as percentage of net income in Col. (2) Benefit in Col. (3) as percentage of gross earnings in Col. (1)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1948 … … 7.65 7.40 3.225 96.7 43.6 42.2
1960 … … 15.93 15.43 7.20 96.9 46.7 45.2
1961 … … 16.74 15.93 8.325 95.2 52.3 49.7
1962 … … 17.26 16.41 8.325 95.1 50.8 48.2
1963 … … 18.15 17.24 9.65 95.0 56.0 53.2
1964 … … 19.51 18.54 9.65 95.0 52.0 49.5
1965 … … 20.99 19.73 11.20 94.0 56.8 53.4
1966 … … 21.70 20.28 11.20 14.95‡ 93.5 55.2 73.7‡ 51.6 68.9‡
1967 … … 23.03 21.24 12.50 16.55 92.2 58.9 77.9 54.3 71.9
1968 … … 25.90 22.49 12.90 17.35 86.8 57.4 77.1 49.8 67.0
1969 … … 27.73 23.74 12.90 17.85 85.5 54.3 75.3 46.5 64.4
1970 … … 30.95 25.71 14.30 19.95 83.1 55.6 77.6 46.2 64.5
1971 … … 33.83 28.93 17.10 23.85 85.5 59.1 82.4 50.5 70.5
1972 … … 38.72 33.06 19.30 26.30 85.4 58.4 79.6 49.8 67.9
1973 … … 43.82 36.31 21.10 28.10 82.9 58.1 77.4 48.2 64.1
1974 … … 51.53 42.20 24.70 32.46 81.9 58.5 76.9 47.9 63.0
1975 … … 64.08 50.20 28.30 36.85 78.3 56.4 73.4 44.2 57.5
1976 … … 71.47 56.95 32.00 41.75 79.7 56.2 73.3 44.8 58.4
1977 … … 78.39 63.56 37.10 48.20 81.1 58.4 75.8 47.3 61.5
* Average earnings of full-time adult male workers in manufacturing industries and some of the principal non-manufacturing industries as published by the Department of Employment.
† Average gross earnings in Col. (1) less tax and N.I. contributions.
‡ Earnings-related supplement began on 6th October 1966. The rate of supplement depends on the claimants' reckonable earning in an earlier tax year The amount of supplement included here is calculated on the assumption that the average weekly earnings for October of the relevant earlier tax year, represent the average for the whole of that year.