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Council Tax

Volume 229: debated on Wednesday 21 July 1993

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what figures are available for the impact of the introduction of the council tax on pensioners, in particular in London.

It is estimated that, after allowing for council tax benefit, about 65 per cent. of pensioner households are better off under the council tax in 1993–94 than they were under the community charge in 1992–93. The corresponding figure for London is 50 per cent. Figures for the other regions are shown in the table.

Pensioner households: Percentage gaining from the council tax
RegionPercentage of pensioner households gaining
North75
Yorks and Humberside70
North-West70
RegionPercentage of pensioner households gaining
East Midlands75
West Midlands75
East Anglia70
Greater London50
Rest of South-East55
South-West60
England65

Notes:

1. Figures estimated from the Family Expenditure Survey.

2. Figures include the effect of council tax benefit.

3. Figures are subject to sampling error and have been rounded to the nearest. 5 per cent.

4. A pensioner household is defined as a household including a man aged 65 + or a woman aged 60 +.