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Unemployed People (Tax Burden)

Volume 226: debated on Thursday 17 June 1993

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16.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the direct and indirect tax burden is on a single person in receipt of unemployment benefit.

A single person receiving unemployment benefit with no other source of income will pay no income tax. The amount of indirect tax paid will depend on his pattern of spending.