§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update to November, assuming prevailing inflation rates, the information on child support provided in his reply of 22 May 1980 to the hon. Member for Thurrock, Official Report, c. 326–8.
§ Mr. RossiThe information is as follows:
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(a) Date (b) Married couple's UB rate (c) Dependency Increase (d) Child Benefit/Family Allowance (e) Total Child Support* (f) Col. (e) as per cent. of Col. (b) (g) Col. (e) Expressed at November 1981† prices (h) Col. (g) as Index November 1981: 100 15 November 1979 29.95 3.40 8.00 11.40 38.1 14.72 121.7 24 November 1980 33.40 2.50 9.50 12.00 35.9 13.44 111.1 23 November 1981 36.40 1.60 10.50 12.10 33.2 12.10 100.0 Notes
* 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 in the course of the tax year.
† Based on the movement in the General Index of Retail Prices assuming a 12 per cent. increase between November 1980 and November 1981.