§ Mr. Shoreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will provide figures for the weekly earnings after income tax, national insurance contributions and child benefit at (a) actual prices and (b) constant April 1986 prices of (i) a single man, (ii) a married man, (iii) a married man with two children under 11 years of age, (iv) a married man with four children, two under 11, one 11 to 15 and over 16 years of age and (v) a single woman, whose gross weekly earnings are at (a) the lowest decile, (b) the lower quartile, (c) the median, (d) the upper quartile and (e) the highest decile for full-time employees in April 1979 and April 1986, respectively.
§ Mr. Lawson[pursuant to his reply, 28 November 1986, c. 397]: Information in the following table is based on estimates of earnings for men or women as appropriate, in full-time work paid at adult rates with pay unaffected by absence. Estimates are based on information from the annual new earnings surveys. The calculations take no account of income-related benefits to which those at the lowest decile and quartile may be entitled. Taxpayers are assumed to have no reliefs or allowances other than the appropriate personal allowance.
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Single man Married man3 no children Married man3 two children4 Married man3 four children5 Single Woman At current prices At constant April 1986 prices2 At current prices At constant April 1986 prices2 At current prices At constant April 1986 prices2 At current prices At constant April 1986 prices2 At current prices At constant April 1986 prices2 Upper quartile of earnings April 19796 78.28 140.80 82.08 147.65 90.08 162.04 98.08 176.43 52.38 94.23 April 1986 164.12 164.12 171.48 171.48 185.48 185.48 199.48 199.48 114.58 114.58 Highest decile of earnings April 19796 96.89 174.28 100.69 181.13 108.69 195.52 116.69 209.91 64.12 115.34 April 1986 215.14 215.14 222.50 222.50 236.50 236.50 250.50 250.50 143.10 143.10 1At the contracted-in rate. 2By reference to the Retail Price Index. 3Assuming no wife's earnings. 4Children aged under 11. 5Two children under 11, one 11 to 15, one over 16. 6Under the April 1979 tax-benefit regime.