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Personal Incomes And Taxation

Volume 978: debated on Thursday 14 February 1980

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will present the amount paid in tax and national insurance as a percentage of the earnings of (a) a single person, (b) a married couple, (c) a married couple with two children and (d) a married couple with four children, earning (i) two-thirds average earnings, (ii) average earnings, (iii) twice average earnings, (iv) five times average earnings and (v) 10 times average earnings in 1949–50, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1970–71, 1974–75 and each subsequent year.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will present the combined amount paid in tax and national insurance contributions as a percentage of average earnings for a single person, a married couple, a married couple with two children under 11 years, and four children, two under and two over 11 years, in 1949–50, 1959–60, 1969–70 and the latest available date.