§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing the value of unemployment benefit for a single person, a married couple and a married couple with two children under 11 years as a proportion of average net earnings for all males and all manually employed males for each year between November 1978 and the latest date available.
§ Mr. PortilloThe information requested is given in the table.
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All males All manually employed males Single person Married couple Married couple plus 2 children Single person Married couple Married couple plus 2 children Date per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. November 1980 22.1 34.2 36.7 24.9 38.2 41.1 November 1981 22.3 34.5 36.1 25.4 39.1 40.9 November 1982 23.3 36.0 36.5 26.7 40.9 41.5 November 1983 23.4 36.1 36.3 26.9 41.2 41.5 November 1984 22.6 34.7 34.7 26.1 39.8 39.8 November 1985 22.7 34.8 34.8 26.3 40.1 40.1 July 1986 21.5 33.0 33.0 25.2 38.4 38.4 April 1987 20.2 31.2 31.2 24.0 36.7 36.7 1 Net average earnings are the estimates of average gross weekly earnings less tax and national insurance contribution at the contracted out rate.