§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will set out the supplementary benefit-income support scale rate for(a) a single adult and (b) a 328W married couple each year since 1970, the level of national average earnings for each of these years, and the single and married scale rates as a percentage of national average earnings for each of these years.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe information requested is contained in tables 5.6(a), 5.6(b), 5.11(b), 5.11(c), 6.4(a) and 6.5(a) of, "Abstract of Statistics Index of Retail Prices, Average Earnings, Social Security Benefits and Contributions", published by the Department of Social Security, a copy of which is available in the Library.