§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what slice of gross residual income will be required to cover the parental contribution in 1985 for parents with combined gross residual incomes of £26,000, £25,000, £24,000, £23,000, £22,000, £21,000, £20,000, £19,000, £18,000, £17,000, £16,000, £15,000, £14,000, £13,000, £12,000, £11,000 and £10,000, allowing for a normal pattern of taxation and national insurance payments for parents taxed jointly with none, one, two or three additional dependent children.
§ Mr. BrookeI refer my hon. Friend to the reply which my right hon. Friend gave to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, North (Mr. Greenway) on 14 November 1984 at columns238–39. The Department does not collect information on the tax and national insurance payments of the parents of mandatory award holders. The assessed parental contributions in 1985–86 for families with no other dependent children will be as follows:
Residual Income £ Assessed Parental Contribution £ Per cent. 10,000 291 2.9 11,000 474 4.3 12,000 674 5.6 13,000 874 6.7 14,000 1,074 7.7 15,000 1,274 8.5 16,000 1,524 9.5 17,000 1,774 10.4 18,000 2,024 11.2 19,000 2,274 12.0 20,000 2,524 12.6 21,000 2,774 13.2 22,000 3,024 13.7 23,000 3,274 14.2 24,000 3,524 14.7 25,000 3,774 15.1 26,000 4,000 15.4 The contribution payable in each case may be less than the amounts shown in the scale, particularly at its top end. This will depend on the amount of the award (maintenance and fees) towards which the contribution has to be made and whether any of the assessed contribution is offset by allowances for other dependent children.
Decisions have not yet been taken on the level of deductions from parental contributions in 1985–86 in respect of other dependent children in the family.