§ 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 1985 prices of (i) a single man, (ii) a married man, (iii) a married man with two children under 11 years, (iv) a married with four children, two under 11 years, one 11 to 15 years, and one over 16 years, whose gross weekly earnings are at (v) the lowest decile, (w) the lower quartile,
Earnings after Income Tax, National Insurance Contributions* and Child Benefit £ per week Single Married man‡ no childre Married man‡ two children|| Married man‡ four children¶ At current prices At constant April 85 prices^ At current prices At constant April 85 prices† At current prices At constant April 85 prices† At current prices At constant April 85 prices† Lowest decile of earnings April 1979 45.35 79.16 49.10 85.71 57.10 99.67 65.10 113.64 April 1985 76.83 76.83 84.04 84.04 97.74 97.74 111.44 111.44 Lower quartile of earnings April 1979 54.31 94.80 58.06 101.35 667.06 115.31 74.06 129.28 April 1985 93.79 93.79 101.00 101.00 114.70 114.70 128.40 128.40 Median of earnings April 1979 66.18 115.52 69.93 122.07 77.93 136.03 85.93 150.00 April 1985 118.13 118.13 125.34 125.34 139.04 139.04 152.74 152.74 Upper quartile of earnings April 1979 81.23 141.79 84.98 148.34 92.98 162.30 100.98 176.27 April 1985 150.76 150.76 157.98 157.98 171.68 171.68 185.38 185.38 Highest decile of earnings April 1979 100.73 175.83 104.48 182.38 112.48 196.34 120.48 210.31 April 1985 196.28 196.28 203.49 203.49 217.19 217.19 230.89 230.89 * At the contracted-in rate. † By reference to the Retail Price Index. ‡ Assuming no wife's earnings. ||Children aged under 11. ¶ Two children under 11, one 11 to 16, one over 16. Under the June 1979 tax/benefit regime