§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table comparing tax thresholds with family income supplement levels in January 1972, 1975, 1979 and 1980, for each of a married couple with one, two, three and four children; and if he will show the tax thresholds as a percentage of the
Married couple with 1 child Married couple with 2 children Weekly threshold Family Income supplement level Threshold us a percentage of income Supplement level Weekly threshold Family Income supplement level Threshold us a percentage of income Supplement level £ £ per cent £ £ per cent January— 1972 … … 15.33 18.00 85.2 18.12 20.00 90.6 1975 … … 21.25 25.00 85.0 24.87 28.00 88.8 1979 … … 34.02 46.00 74.0 38.50 50.00 77.0 1980 … … 38.90 54.00 72.0 42.90 58.50 73.3
Married couple with 3 child Married couple with 4 child Weekly threshold Family Income supplement level Threshold us a percentage of income Supplement level Weekly threshold Family Income supplement level Threshold us a percentage of income Supplement level £ £ per cent £ £ per cent January— 1972 … … 21.54 22.00 97.9 24.94 24.00 103.9 1975 … … 29.15 31.00 94.0 33.44 34.00 98.4 1979 … … 43.67 54.00 80.9 48.83 58.00 84.2 1980 … … 46.90 63.00 74.4 50.90 67.50 75.4