Child Support (Hansard, 6 November 1989)

§ Mr. Clay

To ask the Secretary of Sate for Social Security if he will update to April 1990 to the information provided in the reply of 28 November 1988 to the hon. Member for Derby, South (Mrs. Beckett)Official Report,columns 93–96, relating to child support.

(a)	(b) MICUB rate	(c) Dep increase	(d) Child Benefit/Family allowance	(e) Total child¹ support	(f) Column (e) as a percentage of column (b)	(g) Column (e) ex- pressed at April 1989 prices²	(h) Column (g) as index April 1989=100
Date	£	£	£	£		£
5th July 1948	2.10	0.375	0.25	0.625	29.8	9.02	62.2
30th August 1951	2.10	0.625	0.25	0.875	41.7	10.74	74.1
24th July 1952	2.70	0.65	0.25	0.90	33.3	10.20	70.3
19th May 1955	3.25	0.75	0.40	1.15	35.4	12.24	84.4
6th February 1958	4.00	1.10	0.40	1.50	37.5	14.17	97.7
6th April 1961	4.625	1.35	0.40	1.75	37.8	15.70	108.3
7th March 1963	5.45	1.60	0.40	2.00	36.7	16.68	115.0
28th January 1965	6.50	1.85	0.40	2.25	34.6	17.77	122.6
28th October 1967	7.30	2.10	0.40	2.50	34.2	18.06	124.6
llth April 1968	7.30	2.05	0.75	2.80	38.4	19.40	133.8
lOth October 1968	7.30	1.90	0.90	2.80	38.4	19.16	132.1
6th November 1969	8.10	2.20	0.90	3.10	38.3	20.08	138.5
23rd September 1971	9.70	2.80	0.90	3.70	3.81	20.58	141.9
5th October 1972	10.90	3.30	0.90	4.20	38.5	21.53	148.5
4th October 1973	11.90	3.70	0.90	4.60	38.7	21.46	148.0
25th July 1974	13.90	4.50	0.90	5.40	38.8	22.20	153.1
7th April 1975	15.90	4.70	1.50	6.20	39.0	21.66	149.4
20th November 1975	18.00	5.50	1.50	7.00	38.9	21.89	151.0
18th November 1976	20.90	6.60	1.50	8.10	38.8	22.03	151.9
4th April 1977	20.90	5.60	2.50	8.10	38.8	20.26	139.7
17th November 1977	23.80	6.50	2.50	9.00	37.8	21.66	149.4

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§ Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The figures, updated to April 1989, are set out as follows. The table cannot be updated to April 1990 until the movement in the index of retail prices to that month is known.

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(a)	(b) M/C UB rate	(c) Dep increase	(d) Child Benefit/Family allowance	(e) Total child¹ support	(f) Column (e) as a percentage ofcolumn (b)	(g) Column (e) ex- pressed at April 1989 prices²	(h) Column (g) as index April 1989 = 100
Date	£	£	£	£		£
4th April 1978	23.80	4.40	4.60	9.00	37.8	20.85	143.8
16th November 1978	25.50	3.70	6.00	9.70	38.0	21.60	149.0
2nd April 1979	25.50	1.70	8.00	9.70	38.0	20.42	140.8
15th November 1979	29.95	3.40	8.00	11.40	38.1	21.63	149.2
24th November 1980	33.40	2.50	9.50	12.00	35.9	19.74	136.1
23rd November 1981	36.40	1.60	10.50	12.10	33.2	17.78	122.6
25th November 1982	40.45	0.60	11.70	12.30	30.4	17.01	117.3
24th November 1983	43.75	0.30	13.00	13.30	30.4	17.54	121.0
26th November 1984	46.00	—³	13.70	13.70	29.8	17.22	118.8
28th November 1985	49.25	—	14.00	14.00	28.4	16.68	115.0
28th July 1986	49.80	—	14.20	14.20	28.5	16.64	114.8
6th April 1987	50.85	—	14.50	14.50	28.5	16.28	112.3
11th April 1988	52.95	—	14.50	14.50	27.4	15.66	108.0
10th April 1989	56.10	—	14.50	14.50	25.8	14.50	100.0
¹ Does not show the effect of child tax allowance to the standard rate taxpayer. In years prior to April 1979 some recipients of Unemployment Benefit would also have derived advantage from child tax allowance because of their receipt of earnings in the course of the tax year.
² Based on the movement in the general Index of Retail Prices between the dates shown and April 1989.
³ Child dependency addition abolished from 26 November 1984.