asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the net amounts of weekly income in April 1970 and in April 1975 for men with earnings equal to the average of male manual earnings, net of income tax and national insurance but adding family allowance, in the case of a single adult, of a married couple, and of married couples with one, two, three and four children.

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 10th December 1976], gave the following reply:Assuming that the children are not over 11 years of age, the information is as follows: