HC Deb 22 May 1980 vol 985 cc326-8W
Dr. McDonald

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the value of child support, including any family allowance-child benefit payments for a two-child family on unemployment benefit for each year since 1948 (a) as a percentage of the married couples unemployment benefit rate and (b) as an index number using 1980 as 100.

Mrs. Chalker

[pursuant to her reply, 13 May 1980, c. 466]: The dates shown in the table are those at which there were changes in the rates of benefit.

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)
Date Married couple's UB rate Dependency Increase Child Benefit Family Allowance Total Child (1) Support Col. (e) As per cent. of Col. (b) Col. (e) Expressed At April 1980 Prices (2) Col. (g) As Index Nov. 1980=100
5 July 1948 … … … … 2.10 .375 .25 .625 29.8 5.22 46.2
30 Aug. 1951 … … … … 2.10 .625 .25 .875 41.7 6.21 55.0
24 July 1952 … … … … 2.70 .65 .25 .90 33.3 5.90 52.2
19 May 1955 … … … … 3.25 .75 .40 1.15 35.4 7.08 62.7
6 Feb. 1958 … … … … 4.00 1.10 .40 1.50 37.5 8.19 72.5
6 April 1961 … … … … 4.625 1.35 .40 1.75 37.8 9.08 80.4
7 March 1963 … … … … 5.45 1.60 .40 2.00 36.7 9.65 85.4
28 Jan. 1965 … … … … 6.50 1.85 .40 2.25 34.6 10.28 91.0
28 Oct. 1967 … … … … 7.30 2.10 .40 2.50 34.2 10.45 92.5
11 April 1968 … … … … 7.30 2.05 .75 2.80 38.4 11.22 99.3
10 Oct. 1968 … … … … 7.30 1.90 .90 2.80 38.4 11.08 98.1
6 Nov. 1969 … … … … 8.10 2.20 .90 3.10 38.3 11.62 102.8
23 Sept. 1971 … … … … 9.70 2.80 .90 3.70 38.1 11.90 105.3
5 Oct. 1972 … … … … 10.90 3.30 .90 4.20 38.5 12.45 110.2
4 Oct. 1973 … … … … 11.90 3.70 .90 4.60 38.7 12.41 109.8
25 July 1974 … … … … 13.90 4.50 .90 5.40 38.8 12.84 113.6
7 April 1975 … … … … 15.90 4.70 1.50 6.20 39.0 12.52 110.8
20 Nov. 1975 … … … … 18.00 5.50 1.50 7.00 38.9 12.66 112.0
18 Nov. 1976 … … … … 20.90 6.60 1.50 8.10 38.8 12.74 112.7
4 April 1977 … … … … 20.90 5.60 2.50 8.10 38.8 11.72 103.7
17 Nov. 1977 … … … … 23.80 6.50 2.50 9.00 37.8 12.53 110.9
4 April 1978 … … … … 23.80 4.40 4.60 9.00 37.8 12.06 106.7
16 Nov. 1978 … … … … 25.50 3.70 6.00 9.70 38.0 12.49 110.5
2 April 1979 … … … … 25.50 1.70 8.00 9.70 38.0 11.81 104.5
15 Nov. 1979 … … … … 29.95 3.40 8.00 11.40 38.1 12.51 110.7
24 Nov. 1980(3) … … … 33.40 2.50 9.50 12.00 35.9 11.30 100.0

(1) Does not show the effect of child tax allowance to the standard rate taxpayer. In years prior to April 1979 some recipients of unemployment benefit would also have derived advantage from child tax allowance because of their receipt of earnings and/or other income m the course of the tax year.

(2) Based on the movement in the general index of retail prices assuming a 16½ per cent. increase between November 1979 and November 1980.

(3) Proposed rates of benefit.