§ Mr Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the total weekly income support entitlement for a married man with children aged four and six years of his income is(a) £50 per week, (b) £130 per week (c) £160 per week.
Married couple with two children aged 4 and 6 £ per week Child Benefit 15.50 Assumed rent 25.60 Assumed community charge 9.62
Gross earnings Tax National insurance Take home pay Family Credit Rent rebate Community charge benefit Total net income Net income after rent and community charge £ per week £ per week £ per week £ per week £ per week £ per week £ per week £ per week £ per week 50.00 0.00 1.28 48.72 57.70 16.49 5.59 144.00 108.78 130.00 9.78 8.48 111.74 23.06 0.00 1.34 151.64 116.42 160.00 17.28 11.18 131.54 9.20 0.00 0.00 156.24 121.02
§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give of the number of
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§ Mr. MellorThe population figures for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland used for the per capita calculations in the 1990 analysis of identifiable public expenditure and in the updated version of the table on public expenditure by territory and region given in appendix F of the statistical supplement to the autumn statement (Cm 1520) are set out in table 1. The population figures for the regions of England used in the latter analysis are set out in table 2.
§ Mr. JackIncome support is an inappropriate benefit, but my hon. Friend may be interested in the figures with family credit which is a more suitable benefit for the examples. The information is set out in the table. All assumptions are as set out in the published tax benefit model tables. Each family is assumed to live in council property appropriate to its size and to pay estimated average rent and community charge. Average rents are provisional 1991–92 figures and community charge has been assessed at £250 per annum. Any relevant changes announced in the Budget have also been incorporated.
It should be noted that the results in the tables remain arbitrary. They cannot reflect, except by chance, the actual circumstances of particular people and cannot claim to be representative of the population at large. The tables use hypothetical rents so they do not reflect the full range of housing costs which people can pay.
income support or family income supplement recipients 523W for each of the years 1979 to 1990 showing, in each case, the number of recipients estimated to be liable to income tax at the date of their previous claim.