asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish figures in the Official Report showing the marginal net benefit from a £1 increase in gross earnings as at July 1977, March 1978 and May 1978 for a married couple with two childen aged four and six years with the wife not earning, for each £1 increment in gross weekly earnings of husband from £20 per week to £120 per week;(2) if he will publish figures in the
Official Report showing the relationship between total income support and gross weekly earnings as at July 1977, March 1978 and May 1978 for a married couple with two children aged 4 and 6 years, with the wife not earning, for each £1 increment in gross weekly earnings of husband from £20 per week to £120 per
Standard rate of Retirement Pension
| Equivalent value at October 1967 prices *
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Date
| Single person
| Married couple
| Single person
| Married couple
| Column (3) as percentage taking October 1967 as 100 | Column (4) as percentage taking October 1967 as 100 | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||
| October 1946 | … | 1·30 | 2·10 | 2·80 | 4·53 | 62·2 | 62·1 | |
| July 1948 | … | … | 1·30 | 2·10 | 2·60 | 4·20 | 57·8 | 57·5 |
| September 1951 | … | 1·50 | 2·50 | 2·53 | 4·22 | 56·2 | 57·8 | |
| September 1952 | … | 1·625 | 2·70 | 2·57 | 4·27 | 57·1 | 58·5 | |
| April 1955 | … | … | 2·00 | 3·25 | 2·94 | 4·78 | 65·3 | 65·5 |
| January 1958 | … | 2·50 | 4·00 | 3·25 | 5·20 | 72·2 | 71·2 | |
| April 1961 | … | … | 2·875 | 4·625 | 3·57 | 5·74 | 79·3 | 78·6 |
| May 1963 | … | … | 3·375 | 5·45 | 3·89 | 6·28 | 86·4 | 86·0 |
| March 1965 | … | 4·00 | 6·50 | 4·36 | 7·08 | 96·9 | 97·0 | |
| October 1967 | … | 4·50 | 7·30 | 4·50 | 7·30 | 100·0 | 100·0 | |
| November 1969 | … | 5·00 | 8·10 | 4·48 | 7·26 | 99·6 | 99·5 | |
| September 1971 | … | 6·00 | 9·70 | 4·62 | 7·47 | 102·7 | 102·3 | |
| October 1972 | … | 6·75 | 10·90 | 4·79 | 7·73 | 106·4 | 105·9 | |
| October 1973 | … | 7·75 | 12·50 | 5·00 | 8·07 | 111·1 | 110·5 | |
| July 1974 | … | … | 10·00 | 10·00 | 5·69 | 9·10 | 126·4 | 124·7 |
| April 1975 | … | … | 11·60 | 18·50 | 5·61 | 8·94 | 124·7 | 122·5 |
| November 1975 | … | 13·30 | 21·20 | 5·76 | 9·18 | 128·0 | 125·8 | |
| November 1976 | … | 15·30 | 24·50 | 5·76 | 9·22 | 128·0 | 126·3 | |
| November 1977 | … | 17·50 | 28·00 | 5·83 | 9·32 | 129·6 | 127·7 | |
* Movement based on cost of living index and general index of retail prices. | ||||||||