To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update the table in his answer of 12 June 1991, Official Report, columns 547–50, on taxes and benefits, to include information on 1989.
[holding answer 9 March 1992]: The information is as follows:
| Taxes and benefits as percentage of income by quintile groups of households1, 1989 | |
| per cent. | |
| RETIRED HOUSEHOLDS | |
| Cash benefits as percentages of gross income | |
| Bottom quintile group | 88 |
| 2nd quintile group | 84 |
| 3rd quintile group | 78 |
| 4th quintile group | 54 |
| Top quintile group | 23 |
| Average over all groups | 51 |
| Income tax, NIC, rates and community charge as percentages of gross income | |
| Bottom quintile group | 17 |
| 2nd quintile group | 12 |
| 3rd quintile group | 12 |
| 4th quintile group | 14 |
| Top quintile group | 20 |
| Average over all groups | 17 |
| Indirect taxes as percentages of unadjusted disposable income | |
| Bottom quintile group | 27 |
| 2nd quintile group | 20 |
| 3rd quintile group | 19 |
| 4th quintile group | 21 |
| Top quintile group | 17 |
| Average over all groups | 20 |
| Benefits in kind as percentages of final income | |
| Bottom quintile group | 44 |
| 2nd quintile group | 34 |
| 3rd quintile group | 31 |
per cent.
| |
| 4th quintile group | 24 |
| Top quintile group | 13 |
| Average over all groups | 25 |
| NON-RETIRED HOUSEHOLDS | |
Cash benefits as percentages of gross income
| |
| Bottom quintile group | 49 |
| 2nd quintile group | 14 |
| 3rd quintile group | 7 |
| 4th quintile group | 3 |
| Top quintile group | 1 |
| Average over all groups | 8 |
Income tax, NIC, rates and community charge as percentages of gross income
| |
| Bottom quintile group | 15 |
| 2nd quintile group | 19 |
| 3rd quintile group | 20 |
| 4th quintile group | 22 |
| Top quintile group | 22 |
| Average over all groups | 21 |
Indirect taxes as percentages of unadjusted disposable income
| |
| Bottom quintile group | 30 |
| 2nd quintile group | 24 |
| 3rd quintile group | 22 |
| 4th quintile group | 20 |
| Top quintile group | 16 |
| Average over all groups | 20 |
Benefits in kind as percentages of final income
| |
| Bottom quintile group | 45 |
| 2nd quintile group | 25 |
| 3rd quintile group | 17 |
| 4th quintile group | 11 |
| Top quintile group | 5 |
| Average over all groups | 16 |
1 Ranked by equivalised disposable income. | |
Source: CSO, from Family Expenditure Survey.