§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will circulate in the Official Report a table showing the ratio of average earnings to unemployment benefit for (a) single persons, (b) married couples and (c) married couples with two children.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI have been asked to reply.
I refer the hon. Member to table 62c of the Abstract of Statistics for Index of Retail Prices, Average Earnings, Social Security Benefits and Contributions, a copy of which is in the Library.