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Mr. Fraser
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the take-home pay at current prices of a married couple with two children with the husband on national average male earnings in (a) 1978–79, (b) 1996–97 and (c) estimated for 1997–98. [10893]
Dawn Primarolo
[holding answer 28 July 1997]: Estimates are given in the table.
| align="center">Take-home pay for a one earner married couple with two children under 111 | |
| £ per week | |
| 1978–79 | 73.45 |
| 1996–97 | 312.30 |
| 1997–98 | 328.80 |
| 1 Assuming full-time male average earnings, on adult rates for all occupations. Take-home pay is net of child benefit. | |