§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing the value of the retirement pension for a single person and a married couple as a proportion of average net earnings for all males and all male manual workers for each year between November 1978 and the latest date available.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe information is as follows:
Basic state pension as a percentage of average net earnings Uprating date Male manual workers All males Single Couple Single Couples November 1978 32.3 48.9 29.8 45.3 November 1979 31.8 48.4 29.2 44.6 November 1980 32.8 49.7 29.1 44.4 November 1981 33.4 50.9 29.3 44.9 November 1982 35.0 53.1 30.6 46.7 November 1983 33.1 49.7 28.7 43.6 November 1984 32.9 49.6 28.4 43.2 November 1985 33.1 49.9 28.5 43.3 July 1986 31.6 47.7 26.9 41.0 April 1987 30.1 45.7 25.3 38.8 April 1988 28.4 43.3 23.5 36.2 April 1989 27.6 42.1 22.9 35.0 Source: Abstract of statistics, published by DSS August 1989.
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§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security 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 male manual workers for each year between November 1978 and the latest date available.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe information is published in tables 6.1a and 6.1b of the August 1989 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.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the value of income support in 1989–90 for(a) a single person aged under 25 years, (b) a single person aged over 25 years, (c) a married couple, (d) a one-parent family, (e) a married couple with two children aged four years and six years, (f) a pensioner couple aged 65 years and (g) a disabled person with entitlement to disability premium as a proportion of average net earnings for all males and male manual workers.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardInformation on categories(a), (b), (c) and (e) is at tables 6.5a and 6.5b of the August 1989 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. The information requested for the remaining categories is as follows:
Income support as a percentage of average net earnings All males Manual Males (d) (One parent family with one child under age 11) 27.8 33.0 (f) 36.3 43.4 (g) 25.5 30.8