HC Deb 08 November 1982 vol 31 c51W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what evidence there is to link smoking of tobacco with lung cancer.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The overwhelming evidence linking cigarette smoking with lung cancer cannot be

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)
Date Married couple's UB rate Dependency increase Child Benefit/Family Allowance Total Child*Support Col. (e) as per cent. of Col (b) Col. (e) expressed at November† 1982 prices Col. (g) as index November 1982 100
£ £ £ £ £ £ £
5 July 1948 2.10 0.375 0.25 0.625 29.8 6.69 54.4
30 August 1951 2.10 0.625 0.25 0.875 41.7 7.97 64.8
24 July 1952 2.70 0.65 0.25 0.90 33.3 7.57 61.5
19 May 1955 3.25 0.75 0.40 1.15 35.4 9.08 73.8
6 February 1958 4.00 1.10 0.40 1.50 37.5 10.51 85.4
6 April 1961 4.625 1.35 0.40 1.75 37.8 11.64 94.6
7 March 1963 5.45 1.60 0.40 2.00 36.7 12.37 100.6
28 January 1965 6.50 1.85 0.40 2.25 34.6 13.18 107.2
28 October 1967 7.30 2.10 0.40 2.50 34.2 13.40 108.9
11 April 1968 7.30 2.05 0.75 2.80 38.4 14.39 117.0
10 October 1968 7.30 1.90 0.90 2.80 38.4 14.21 115.5
6 November 1969 8.10 2.20 0.90 3.10 38.3 14.90 121.1
23 September 1971 9.70 2.80 0.90 3.70 38.1 15.27 124.1
5 October 1972 10.90 3.30 0.90 4.20 38.5 15.97 129.8
4 October 1973 11.90 3.70 0.90 4.60 38.7 15.92 129.4
25 July 1974 13.90 4.50 0.90 5.40 38.8 16.47 133.9
7 April 1975 15.90 4.70 1.50 6.20 39.0 16.06 130.6
20 November 1975 18.00 5.50 1.50 7.00 38.9 16.24 132.0
18 November 1976 20.90 6.60 1.50 8.10 38.8 16.34 132.8
4 April 1977 20.90 5.60 2.50 8.10 38.8 15.03 122.2
17 November 1977 23.80 6.50 2.50 9.00 37.8 16.06 130.6
4 April 1978 23.80 4.40 4.60 9.00 37.8 15.47 125.8
16 November 1978 25.50 3.70 6.00 9.70 38.0 16.02 130.2
2 April 1979 25.50 1.70 8.00 9.70 38.0 15.15 123.2
15 November 1979 29.95 3.40 8.00 11.40 38.1 16.04 130.4
24 November 1980 33.40 2.50 9.50 12.00 35.9 14.64 119.0
23 November 1981 36.40 1.60 10.50 12.10 33.2 13.19 107.2
22 November 1982 40.45 0.60 11.70 12.30 30.4 12.30 100.0

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 Government Index of Retail Prices assuming a 9 per cent. increase between November 1981 and November 1982.