§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table comparing tax thresholds with supplementary benefit levels, including an allowance for housing, in January 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984, and for each of a single person, a single-wage married couple and a single-wage couple with between one and four children, including teenage children; and if he will show the tax thresholds as a percentage of supplementary benefit levels in every case.
§ Mr. MooreInformation, for the family types specified is in the following tables:
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Income tax allowances January 1981 January 1982 January 1983 January 1984 £ per week £ per week £ per week £ per week Single person 26.44 26.44 30.10 34.33 Married couple 41.25 41.25 47.02 53.75
Ordinary supplementary benefit scale rates plus average housing costs Amounts in £ per week (figures in brackets show the corresponding income tax allowance as a percentage of the amount) January 1981 January 1982 January 1983 January 1984* £ per week per cent. £ per week per cent. £ per week per cent. £ per week per cent. Single person 30.85 86 35.80 74 40.00 75 42.45 81 Married couple (1 earner) 45.15 91 51.80 80 57.35 82 60.60 89 Married couple (1 earner) + 1 child† 57.75 71 65.00 63 73.05 64 77.10 70 Married couple (1 earner) + 2 children‡ 65.75 63 74.35 55 83.15 57 87.70 61 Married couple (1 earner) + 3 children║ 76.60 54 86.05 48 96.25 49 101.35 53 Married couple (1 earner) + 4 children║ 82.95 50 93.65 44 103.75 45 109.15 49 * Estimated. † Aged 13. ‡ Aged 10 and 13. ║ Aged 10, 13 and 15. ¶ Aged 8, 10, 13 and 15.