§ Mr. SquireTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will update his answer to the hon. Member for Hornchurch, 17 February,Official Report, column 393, to take account of the freeze in child benefit in April.
§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will update the answer of 17 February to the hon. Member for Hornchurch, (Mr. Squire)Official Report, column 393, concerning marginal tax and benefit withdrawal rates facing households, to take account of the proposed benefit uprating in April and the estimated effect of the changes to the national insurance system announced by Mr. Chancellor in the 1989 Budget.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answers 22 March and 7 April 1989]: Taking account of the effect of the March 1989 Budget and the reform of the employees' national insurance contributions reforms which occur in October, it is estimated that in 1989–90 a total of 420,000 working 651W heads with 1 million adult and child dependants may sometimes experience combined marginal rates of deduction exceeding 50 per cent.