Benefits (Hansard, 22 June 1988)

§ Mr. Gordon Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will update his answer of 14 July 1987,Official Report, columns 459–60, on the value of the short and long-term rates of supplementary benefit for single

Scale rates as a percentage of average earnings of all males¹
	Single non-householder	Single householder	Couple
Uprating date	Ordinary rate	Long-term rate	Ordinary rate	Long-term rate	Ordinary rate	Long-term rate
November 1978	19.0	24.4	23.8	30.4	36.6	45.8
November 1979	18.3	23.7	22.9	29.7	35.5	45.0
November 1980	18.3	23.2	22.8	29.1	35.4	44.4
November 1981	18.4	23.4	23.0	29.3	35.8	44.9
November 1982	19.1	24.3	23.9	30.4	37.1	46.5
November 1983	18.6	23.6	23.2	29.5	35.9	45.0
November 1984	17.8	22.7	22.3	28.4	34.4	43.1
November 1985	17.6	22.3	21.9	27.9	33.8	42.4
July 1986	16.6	21.2	20.8	26.4	32.1	40.2
April 1987	15.6	19.9	19.5	24.8	30.3	37.9

Scale rates as a percentage of average earnings of manual males¹
	Single non-householder	Single householder	Couple
Uprating date	Ordinary rate	Long-term rate	Ordinary rate	Long-term rate	Ordinary rate	Long-term rate
November 1978	20.6	26.5	25.8	33.0	39.6	49.5
November 1979	20.0	25.9	25.0	32.4	38.6	48.9
November 1980	20.6	26.2	25.7	32.8	39.6	49.7
November 1981	21.0	26.7	26.3	33.4	40.6	50.9
November 1982	21.9	27.9	27.4	34.9	42.2	52.9
November 1983	21.4	27.1	26.7	34.0	41.0	51.4
November 1984	20.6	26.2	25.8	32.8	39.4	49.4
November 1985	20.4	26.0	25.5	32.4	39.0	48.9
July 1986	19.5	24.8	24.4	31.0	37.3	46.8
April 1987	18.5	23.6	23.2	29.4	35.7	44.7
¹ Net average earnings are gross average earnings less tax and national insurance contributions at the non-contracted out rate.