asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the gross pay, the take-home pay and net income for a married man with two children earning (a) average industrial earnings, (b) 50 per cent. more than average, (c) double average and (d) three times average in 1973–74 and in 1977–78; and what the figures of gross pay would have had to be in 1977–78 in order to provide the

OUTPUT PER PERSON EMPLOYED IN THE UK
	Percentage change	Average annual percentage increase
1970 2nd qtr-1973 4th qtr (1)	9·9	2·7
1973 4th qtr-1977 4th qtr (1) (2)	0·7	0·2

(1) Percentages are calculated from seasonally adjusted data.(2) ProvisionalOutput is measured by the output-based measure of gross domestic product at constant factor cost. Persons employed include employees in employment, self-employed persons—with or without employees—and Her Majesty's Forces. Full-time and part-time workers are counted as full units.