§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage family allowance and child tax allowance and latterly child benefits was as a proportion of average earnings for (a) a one-child family, (b) a two-child family and (c) a three-child family for each year since 1950.
§ Mrs. Chalker[pursuant to her reply, 6 April 1981, c. 211]: Following is the information:
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Value of child support (a) as a percentage of average earnings (b) One child family Two child family Three child family April: 1950 7.1 16.5 25.8 1951 8.0 17.9 27.8 1952 9.0 19.7 30.4 1953 8.0 18.6 29.4 1954 7.5 17.5 27.6 1955 7.5 17.5 27.5 1956 7.0 16.1 25.4 1957 6.8 15.7 25.2 1958 6.5 15.0 24.1 1959 5.7 13.5 21.7 1960 5.3 12.6 20.3 1961 5.0 11.7 19.0 1962 4.8 11.3 18.3 1963 5.3 12.3 19.8 1964 4.9 11.3 18.2 1965 4.8 11.1 17.7 1966 4.5 10.4 16.5 1967 4.4 10.2 16.3 1968 4.1 9.2 14.6 1969 3.8 8.8 14.1 1970 3.4 8.0 12.7 1971 3.9 8.9 14.2 1972 3.5 8.0 12.7 1973 3.0 6.8 10.7 1974 3.5 7.6 11.8 1975 3.0 7.1 11.3 1976 3.2 7.4 11.6 1977 3.3 7.0 10.7 1978 3.7 7.4 11.1 1979 4.5 9.0 13.5 1980 3.8 7.5 11.3 Jan. 1981 4.1 8.1 12.2
(a) Value of family allowances/child benefit and child tax allowances to the family on average earnings and with child/children aged under 11.(b) For the period up to and including April 1980 the estimates of average gross weekly earnings relate to manual men (aged 21 and over) in full time employment in the United Kingdom and were derived from the Department of Employment's regular enquiry by interpolation using the seasonally adjusted index of average earnings (older series). For January 1981 (the latest month for which figures are available and are provisional) these estimates were derived by extrapolation using the new series (Production Industries) seasonally adjusted index.