§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will update the answers to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr (Mr. Rooker) of 6 February 1984, Official Report, columns 439–42 and 15 February 1984, Official Report, columns 203–4, concerning income statistics, to show net earnings at the lowest decile, median and highest decile of the earnings distribution for each year since 1978 for different household types, using constant April 1984 prices; and whether he will also give the same information for the following additional household types: (a) a married couple with two children, where one partner works full-time and the other part-time and (b) a married couple with both partners in full-time work;
(2) if he will publish an index in the same manner as his answer of 5 April 1984, Official Report, columns 631–32, about taxation changes and the related earlier answer, for tax changes for each group from 1978–79 onwards, and in the case of a married couple, where both partners are working, giving the information at multiples of one half, one third, one, five and 10 times the average earnings.