§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security (1) if he will publish a table showing the level of gross earnings in April 1990 at which(a) a single householder, (b) a married couple, (c) a married couple with two children aged four and six years and (d) a single parent with one child aged three years will lose in housing benefit, assuming full take-up of family credit, average rent and rates and other assumptions, as in his reply to the hon. Member for Sunderland, North (Mr. Clay), Official Report, 1 December 1987, columns 565–66;
(2) if he will publish figures, similar to those in his Department's tax/benefit model table, showing net weekly spending power for a lone mother with two children aged four and six years under the benefit system as uprated in April 1990 and in each of the following circumstances: (a) not working, after one year on benefits, (b) earning £20 a week from part-time working and (c) working full time and earning (i) £60, (ii) £70, (iii) £80, (iv) £90, (v) £100, (vi) £110 and (vii) £120 per week;
(3) if he will publish tables similar to those in his Department's tax/benefit model table showing net weekly spending power for each of a single-wage married couple (a) with two children aged four and six years and (b) with three children aged three, eight and 11 years, earning (i) £60, (ii) £70, (iii) £80, (iv) £90, (v) £100, (vi) £110, (vii) £1 20, (viii) £130, (ix) £140, (x) £150, (xi) £160, and (xii) £170 under the benefit system as uprated in April.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardThe information requested will not be available until after the Budget. I will reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible after the Budget.