HL Deb 04 April 1979 vol 399 c1978WA
Lord VAIZEY

asked Her Majesty's Government:

To list the supplementary benefit rate for:—

  1. (1) a single person;
  2. (2) a married couple;
  3. (3) a married couple with two children under eleven;
  4. (4) a married couple with four children, two under eleven and two over eleven;
as a percentage of the lowest and the highest decimal (net and gross) of manual and non-manual earnings for 1948, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970 and each succeeding year.

Lord WELLS-PESTELL

I regret that this information could not be provided without placing disproportionate demands on my Department's staff resources at the present time.