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Four-Week Rule

Volume 888: debated on Monday 17 March 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report the number of claimants in Wales penalised under the four-week rule for each year during which the rule was in operation.

The number of awards initially limited to four weeks in Wales was as follows:

1968None
1969None
19702,428
19713,380
1972None
19731,176

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many claimants in Scotland have been penalised under the four-week rule for each year during which the rule was in operation.

No awards were initially limited to four weeks in Scotland in any of the years 1968 to 1972; 125 were so limited in 1973.

COMPARISON OF STANDARD RATE OF RETIREMENT PENSION WITH
GROSS AND NFT AVERAGE EARNINGS* IN WALES
Retirement pension as a percentage of gross average earningsNet earnings after deducting tax and national insurance contributionsRetirement pension as a percentage of gross average earnings
Year(October)Gross average earningsSingle PersonMarried CoupleSingle PersonMarried CoupleSingle PersonMarried Couple
£Per cent.Per cent.££Per cent.Per cent.
196115·2618·830·312·1212·8723·735·9
196216·2017·728·512·7813·5322·534·2
196316·9319·932·213·2714·1625·438·5
196418·0418·730·213·9814·8824·136·6
196519·3020·733·714·6215·5827·441·7
196620·0919·932·415·1116·0626·540·5
196721·1321·334·515·7116·6628·643·8
196822·9119·631·916·8717·8226·741·0
196924·4618·429·817·9218·8725·138·7
197027·9317·929·019·9321·0425·138·5
197131·1019·331·221·8122·9127·542·3
197235·6119·030·626·1727·2125·840·1
197340·5219·130·829·3930·4326·441·1
197447·5521·033·632·9534·4830·346·4
* Average earnings of male adult, full-time, manual workers in manufacturing and certain other industries as determined by the Department of Employment's regular October inquiry.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if she will publish in the Official Report the net amount of adult male average earnings in Scotland for each October since 1948, or the longest convenient period, and the relationship of retirement pension for a single person and married couple to these earnings.