Family Credit Sir Ian Gilmour To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish figures showing the family credit ceilings for one and two-parent families of different sizes, with children of different ages in April 1988 and 1989, at constant and current prices and as percentages of average male and average female manual earnings, as appropriate. Mrs. Gillian Shephard The information requested is set out in the tables.-------------------------------------------------------- | | -------------------------------------------------------- |Single person with one child aged 3 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Single person with two children aged 4 and 6 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with one child aged 3 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with one child aged 14 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with two children aged 4 and 6 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with two children aged 13 and 16 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with three children aged 3, 8 and 11 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with four children aged 3, 8, 11 and 16| -------------------------------------------------------- Source: Tax/Benefit model tables 1988 and 1989 -------------------------------------------------------- | | -------------------------------------------------------- |Single person with one child aged 3 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Single person with two children aged 4 and 6 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with one child aged 3 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with one child aged 14 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with two children aged 4 and 6 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with two children aged 13 and 16 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with three children aged 3, 8 and 11 | -------------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with four children aged 3, 8, 11 and 16| -------------------------------------------------------- (Percentage change from April 1988 to April 1989 in RPI was 8 per cent.) ----------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------- |Single person with one child aged 3 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Single person with 2 children aged 4 and 6 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 1 child aged 3 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 1 child aged 14 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 2 children aged 4 and 6 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 2 children aged 13 and 16 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 3 children aged 3, 8 and 11 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 4 children aged 3, 8, 11 and 16| ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- | | ----------------------------------------------------- |Single person with one child aged 3 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Single person with 2 children aged 4 and 6 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 1 child aged 3 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 1 child aged 14 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 2 children aged 4 and 6 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 2 children aged 13 and 16 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 3 children aged 3, 8 and 11 | ----------------------------------------------------- |Married couple with 4 children aged 3, 8, 11 and 16| ----------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- | | -------------------------------------------- |Males | -------------------------------------------- |Females | -------------------------------------------- |Tax threshold: | -------------------------------------------- |Tax deducted at rate of 25 per cent. ||| -------------------------------------------- |Males | -------------------------------------------- |Females | -------------------------------------------- |National insurance deducted at 9 per cent.||| -------------------------------------------- |Males | -------------------------------------------- |Females | -------------------------------------------- |Males | -------------------------------------------- |Females | -------------------------------------------- Source: DE Employment gazette.