§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the value of supplementary284W benefit income support expressed as a proportion of the appropriate level of average net male earnings, in each year since 1974, for each of the following categories of claimants (a) a married couple, plus one child, aged under five years, (b) a married couple, plus two children, aged under five years, and (c) a married couple, plus three children, two aged under five years, and one aged five to 10 years.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe latest available information is at tables 6.4b and 6.5b of the 1988 edition of the "Abstract of Statistics for Index of Retail Prices, Average Earnings, Social Security Benefits and Contributions", a copy of which is in the Library. These tables do not include information relating to income support in 1988 for families in category (iii), but the figure requested is 51.5 per cent.
The income support and supplementary benefit figures are not strictly comparable as the latter included an allowance for rent.