§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much extra (a) income tax, (b) national insurance contributions and (c) average excise duties a family with two children will pay as from April 1981 where the man's net income is (i) £200 per week, (ii) £150 per week, (iii) £100 per week and (iv) £80 per week; and what percentage loss of earnings this represents in each case.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 17 March 1981]: No extra income tax will be paid in April 1981 by those whose nominal incomes are unchanged. The information for national insurance contributions and estimates for average excise duties is as follows:
family with two children with gross income of under £82 per week from November 1981. For a family with four children the corresponding figure is £98 per week.
Some of the constituents of the supplementary benefit entitlement level which are normally used in comparisons of this kind—for example, housing costs—will not be available for about three weeks. My hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security will write to the hon. Member with the details required as soon as possible.