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Civil List

Volume 950: debated on Thursday 18 May 1978

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the total amounts payable to the Royal Family under the Civil List Acts in the calendar years 1977 and 1978.

The information is as follows:of people at each of the income levels and on the same assumptions as those given in the Written Answer to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North, (Mr. Howell)

Official Report, 27th April, columns 669–701.

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 17th May 1978] gave the following information:

Single personMarried coupleMarried couple with 1 child aged 13
Annual incomeNet income in 1977–78Net income following budget changesNet income in 1977–78Net income following budget changesNet income in 1977–78Net income following budget changes
££££££
£1,000923·80931·25942·50935·00994·501,054·60
£1,5001,225·051,273·751,398·451,402·501,465·751,522·10
£2,0001,526·301,592·401,699·701,753·751,830·241,907·10
£2,5001,827·551,889·902,000·952,076·902,131·492,242·40
£3,0002,128·802,187·402,302·202,374·402,432·742,539·90
£3,5002,430·052,484·902,603·452,671·902,733·992,837·40
£4,0002,731·302,782·402,904·702,969·403,035·243,134·90
£5,0003,333·803,377·403,507·203,564·403,637·743,729·90
£6,0003,967·353,972·404,140·754,159·404,271·294,324·90
£7,0004,624·054,616·804,800·754,803·804,931·294,969·30
£8,0005,221·305,275·905,428·055,463·805,572·455,629·30
£9,0005,768·555,875·156,000·806,095·906,156·756,269·50
£10,0006,265·806,424·406,523·556,672·656,691·056,853·00
£12,0007,113·057,373·657,419·057,676·157,609·657,870·00
£15,0008,207·558,547·158,541·808,904·658,743·959,112·00
Married couple with 2 children aged 10 and 13Married couple with 3 children aged 10, 13 and 15Married couple with 4 children aged 8,10,13 and 15
Annual incomeNet income in 1977–78Net income following budget changesNet income in 1977–78Net income following budget changesNet income in 1977–78Net income following budget changes
££££££
£1,0001,072·501,174·201,150·501,293·801,228·501,413·40
£1,5001,543·751,641·701,621·751,761·301,699·751,880·90
£2,0001,966·032,051·702,092·992,205·052,171·002,348·40
£2,5002,267·292,394·202,414·992,547·552,550·782,692·15
£3,0002,568·542,693·502,716·242,859·002,852·033,012·60
£3,5002,869·792,991·003,017·493,156·503,153·283,310·10
£4,0003,171·043,288·503,318·743,454·003,454·533,607·60
£5,0003,773·543,883·503,921·244.049·004,057·034,202·60
£6,0004,407·094,478·504,554·794,644·004,690·584,797·60
£7,0005,067·095,122·905,214·795,288·405,350·585,442·00
£8,0005,718·455,782·905,874·795,948·406,010·586,102·00
£9,0006,311·256,429·106,478·456,602·706,624·456,762·00
£10,0006,854·057,017·607,031·507,197·957,186·007,362·30
£12,0007,789·658,044·607,987·608,238·458,159·108,412·80
£15,0008,932·459,296·609,143·709,503·959,332·209,688·30
Net income is earnings less tax and national insurance contributions plus child benefits where appropriate. The national insurance contributions for 1978–79 are those of an employee who is not contracted out of the graduated pension scheme; child benefits do not include the increase proposed for November 1978.The income tax figures for 1978–79 are based on the Budget proposals.