§ Mr. ClayTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing the value of(a) child benefit, and (b) invalidity benefit for a married couple as a proportion of average net earnings for all males and all manually employed males for each year between November 1978 and the latest date available.
§ Mr. Scott[holding answer 24 October 1989]: The information on child benefit is given in the table from April 1979 when the benefit was fully phased in. I regret that information is not available from which to calculate the average value of total invalidity benefit (including additional pension and invalidity allowance) received by married men. The table therefore relates only to basic invalidity pension with an increase for an adult dependant. It takes no account of additional pension or invalidity allowance.
Value of Child Benefit (One Child) Uprating Dates Child Benefit (One Child) as percentage of net average earnings (1) All Adult Males All Male Manuals April 1979 5.5 6.0 November 1980 4.9 5.4 November 1981 5.0 5.6 November 1982 5.2 5.9 November 1983 5.4 6.1 November 1984 5.2 5.9 November 1985 4.9 5.7 July 1986 4.7 5.5 April 1987 4.4 5.2 April 1988 (2) 4.0 4.8 April 1989(2) 3.73 4.43
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Value of Basic Invalidity Pension Uprating Dates Invalidity Pension (With Adult Dependant) no children as percentage of net average earnings (1) All Adult Males Are Male Manuals November 1978 45.3 48.9 April 1979 — — November 1979 44.6 48.4 November 1980 42.5 47.6 November 1981 43.0 48.8 November 1982 44.7 50.9 November 1983 43.0 49.1 November 1984 41.4 47.4 November 1985 43.3 49.9 July 1986 41.1 47.8 April 1987 38.8 45.7 April 1988 36.2 43.3 April 1989 335.2 342.2 1. Net average earnings are the estimated gross weekly earnings less tax and national insurance contributions at the non contracted-out rate.
2. Child benefit rate unchanged.
3. Provisional.