§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 16 December,Official Report, column 89–90, if he will give the rates of disablement gratuities and pensions since 1979, at 1991–92 prices.
§ Mr. ScottThe rates of disablement gratuities and pensions since 1979 at 1991–92 prices are shown in the table.
Column A refers to the equivalent value of benefit at April 1991 prices at the date of annual uprating.
Column B refers to the average real value of benefit at April 1991 prices and calculated over the period between the uprating dates.
For awards from:
living in a council house, for each year since 1979, that was needed for (a) rent of the council house, after allowing for housing benefit, (b) rates and community charge, allowing for any rate rebate or community charge benefit, (c) income tax, (d) national insurance contributions and (e) water and sewerage rates.
§ Mr Jack[holding answer 16 December 1991]: The figures in the table are for a standard tax benefit model family with children aged four and six. Although they are unlikely to be much—if at all—different, figures for the family type specified could be ascertained only at disproportionate cost.
It is not possible to include figures for water and sewerage charges as some local authorities include sewerage charges in their rates/community charge while others do not.
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Date Average weekly earnings (gross) Rent Rates/CC Tax NI Rent as per cent. Rates as per cent. Tax as per cent. NI as per cent. November 1979 114.00 6.50 2.80 23.01 7.41 5.70 2.46 20.18 6.50 November 1980 135.00 8.80 3.55 28.13 9.11 6.52 2.63 20.84 6.75 November 1981 149.00 12.10 4.45 32.33 11.55 8.12 2.99 21.70 7.75 November 1982 161.00 14.20 6.40 33.89 14.00 8.82 3.98 21.05 8.70 November 1983 175.00 14.75 6.85 36.38 15.75 8.43 3.91 20.79 9.00 November 1984 187.00 15.60 7.35 37.90 16.83 8.34 3.93 20.27 9.00 November 1985 199.00 16.50 7.95 39.77 17.91 8.29 3.99 19.98 9.00 July 1986 211.00 17.50 8.85 40.81 18.99 8.29 4.19 19.34 9.00 April 1987 224.00 18.35 9.40 40.78 20.16 8.19 4.20 18.21 9.00 April 1988 246.00 19.90 8.20 41.81 22.14 8.09 3.33 17.00 9.00 April 1989 269.00 21.80 9.00 46.22 24.21 8.10 3.35 17.18 9.00 April 1990 296.00 23.43 13.22 51.28 23.42 7.92 4.47 17.32 7.91 April 1991 321.00 26.03 9.40 56.14 25.25 8.11 2.93 17.49 7.87