To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish figures showing the proposed family credit ceilings in 1992–93 for each of (a) a married couple with one child aged under five years, (b) a married couple with two children aged under 11 years, (c) a married couple with two children aged over 11 years, (d) a married couple with three children aged under 11 years, (e) a married couple with three children aged over 11 years and (f) a married couple with two children aged under 11 years and two children over 11 years.
At the new benefit levels proposed for April 1992 the family credit ceiling represented by the highest amount of net earnings and other relevant income a family can have and still qualify for family credit at the minimum payment of 50p will be as follows:
£ | |
Married couple with one child under 5 years | 139·32 |
Married couple with two children aged under 11 | 154·18 |
Married couple with two children aged over 11 (but under 16) | 173·75 |
Married couple with three children aged under 11 | 169·03 |
Married couple with three children aged over 11 (but under 16) | 198·39 |
Married couple with two children aged under 11 and two children over 11 years (but under 16) | 203·46 |