§ 83. Mr. Maddanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cost per week to the average family of the increases in indirect taxes, since 1964, including excise duties, postal charges and National Insurance contributions, on the basis of average weekly expenditure as shown in the Family Expenditure Survey for 1964.
§ Mr. TaverneWeekly expenditure of the average household as reported in the Family Expenditure Survey for 1964 amounted to 390s. 0d. This included postal charges but excluded National Insurance contributions, which averaged 16s. 2d. per week. On the same pattern of expenditure and disregarding increases in prices not attributable to tax, it is
1966 1967 1968 £ £ £ Social Security pensions 259,000 270,000 47,000* Civil Service, Armed Forces and public service occupational pensions paid entirely from Votes 155,000 152,000 47,000† Pensions of the Indian and Burma services, supplements to pensions paid by overseas governments, and loan advances to Tanzanian pensioners in Rhodesia 97,000 100,000 28,000‡ Notes: * Total relates to January and February † Total comprises partly items for January and February; partly for January to April. ‡ Total relates to January to April.
§ Mr. Speedasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what payments have been made from Rhodesian sterling accounts with respect to pensions to United Kingdom and other sterling area residents in each of the calandar years 1966 and 1967, and this year to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Harold LeverThe following are the figures for debits from the Rhodesia special account in respect of pensions due from Rhodesia to residents of the Scheduled Territories:
194Westimated that the additional cost of subsequent increases in indirect taxes, postal charges and National Insurance contributions is about 26s. 6d. per week. This estimate includes the effect of tax changes proposed in the 1968 Budget but excludes changes in local rates for 1968–69 about which complete information is not yet available.