HC Deb 04 March 1991 vol 187 cc26-7W
Mr. Dunn

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the change in the take home pay of a married man on average pay with two children since 1 April 1975; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Maude

The real net income of a family with two children aged under 11 years, in which the husband has average earnings, rose by 32 per cent. in real terms between 1974–75 and 1990–91; all but 1 per cent. of this rise took place after 1978–79.