asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the figures showing domestic rate payments as a percentage of personal disposable income in (a) the latest year for which figures are available, (b) five years earlier and (c) 10 years earlier.
Estimates of domestic rate payments net of rate rebates in the United Kingdom as a proportion of total personal disposable income are as follows for the financial years 1974–75, 1979–80, 1984–85:
Per cent. | |
1974–75 | 1·9 |
1979–80 | 2·0 |
1984–85 | 2·3 |
Sources: Department of the Environment Central Statistical Office.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the figures showing rates as a proportion of total taxation in (a) the latest year for which figures are available, (b) five years earlier and (c) 10 years earlier.
Local authority rates as a proportion of total general Government taxation (including national insurance, and so on, contributions) was as follows:
Per cent. | |
1974–75 | 10·2 |
1979–80 | 9·6 |
1984–85* | 10·5 |
* Provisional.
Source: Financial Statistics June 1985 edition and CSO Databank.