§ 46. Mr. Osborneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the national income is received by taxpayers with incomes under £500 a year; how many people are in this category; and how many are in the remaining group.
§ Mr. DaltonI would refer the hon. Member to Table 10 of the White Paper on National Income and Expenditure (Cmd. 7099)
§ Mr. OsborneAre those figures up to date or are they 12 months old? What I want are the up-to-date figures.
§ Mr. DaltonThey give the most recent information we have. There is, of course, always a time lag in the collection of this information, but I hope that in due course we shall be able to give more up-to-date figures. As I have said, the most recent information is contained in the table I have mentioned.
§ Mr. OsborneHow old are those figures?
§ Mr. DaltonIf the hon. Gentleman will turn up the table, he will find that it is all clearly explained.