HC Deb 09 July 1980 vol 988 cc215-7W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update his reply to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North, Official Report, 21 May, column

Single Married couple Married couple with 2 children Married couple with 4 children
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent.
Income tax plus NIC minus child benefit as a percentage of earnings:
50 per cent x. Average manual earnings 21.8 14.4 -1.4 -17.2
75 per cent, x Average manual earnings 26.7 21.8 11.2 0.7
100 per cent, x Average manual earnings 29.1 25.5 17.6 9.7
200 per cent x Average manual earnings 30.7 28.8 24.9 20.9
300 per cent. x Average manual earnings 34.2 32.4 29.7 27.1

To give an estimate of the average earnings of full time adult male manual workers in 1979–80 the figure from the

reply to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North, Official Report, 25 June, column 206, comparing net weekly incomes in November 1978 and May of the current year, if he will republish the figures for families with children excluding family income supplement; and if he will also include for each family groups the net incomes from weekly earnings of£165, £175 and £195.

Mr. Peter Rees

The figures, on the same basis as the previous answer except that family income supplement has not been included, are shown below. The figures for weekly earnings over £65 per week in the previous answer do not include FIS and are therefore unchanged.

212, to include figures of tax and national insurance liability in 1979–80; and also estimated figures for 1980–81.

Mr. Peter Rees

The figures for 1979–80, on the same basis as the previous answer, are as follows:

April 1979 new earnings survey has been updated to October 1979 by the monthly index of average earnings. As explained in the previous answer, figures of average earnings for 1980–81 are not yet available.