HC Deb 26 November 1987 vol 123 cc295-6W
34. Mrs. Gorman

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest figures for the real take-home pay of a married man with two children on male average earnings and on half male average earnings; and how these compare with 1978–79.

50. Mr. Boswell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest figures for the real take-home pay of a married man with two children on male average earnings and on half male average earnings; and how these compare with 1978–79.

97. Mr. Summerson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest figures for the real take-home pay of a married man with two children on male average earnings and on half male average earnings; and how these compare with 1978–79.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Real take-home pay for a married man with two children on average male earnings is estimated to be £181.30 per week in 1987–88, an increase of 22.9 per cent, over 1978–79. The equivalent figure for real take-home pay for a man on half average earnings is £107.75, an increase of 18.5 per cent, over 1978–79. Average male earnings are calculated over all occupations for men paid at adult rates working a full week.

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