§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average income per head (a) in each of the major conurbations, (b) in the surrounding area, and (c) in Great Britain, for each year since 1945.
AVERAGE INCOME PER HEAD (£pa) Great Britain Tyneside Conurbation North Region West Yorkshire Conurbation Yorkshire and Humberside Region Greater London Council South-East Region 1959–60 … 300 250 240 290 260 400 230 1964–65 … 400 340 290 390 410 520 350 1965–66 … 430 400 320 420 380 630 390 1966–67 … 450 440 330 440 400 640 410 1967–68 … 470 390 350 430 430 690 430 1968–69 … 500 460 370 480 430 770 460 1969–70 … 540 450 420 520 480 670 540 1970–71 … 600 510 450 570 550 770 640 1971–72 … 650 530 500 580 570 810 690
West Midland Conurbation West Midland Region South-East Lancashire Conurbation Merseyside Conurbation North-west Region Central Clydeside Conurbation Scotland 1959–60 … 340 260 300 210 250 270 240 1964–65 … 460 340 390 340 330 340 320 1965–66 … 520 380 440 400 360 390 350 1966–67 … 520 400 440 400 400 400 360 1967–68 … 510 430 440 420 400 410 380 1968–69 … 560 460 500 450 400 420 380 1969–70 … 570 530 460 590 480 490 470 1970–71 … 600 590 510 670 530 500 500 1971–72 … 670 650 540 720 570 560 530 1. The figures from 1965–66 onwards refer to the new standard regions. Earlier figures are therefore not always strictly comparable. 2. The population estimates used relate to the home population at mid-1959, mid-1964 etc. and include individuals of all ages whether or not they have an income. 3. The income figures used in calculating averages are derived from the Inland Revenue Surveys of Personal Incomes for the years shown. They exclude non-taxable receipt, such as certain national insurance benefits as well as income below the exemption limit for tax. That limit has varied as follows:
1959–60 1964–65 to 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 and 1971–72 £180 £275 £330 £420 4. Up to and including 1964–65 the income of taxpayers was allocated to the region in which their tax was assessed, except for the income of civil servants, the Forces and the Merchant Navy, which was included in the figure for Great Britain but not otherwise allocated to regions. Since 1965–66 the income of civil servants has as far as possible been allocated to the regions in which they reside and since 1969–70 the income of most other taxpayers has also been allocated on the basis of place of residence. The income of self-employed persons however, continues to be allocated on a place of assessment basis and there has been no change in the treatment of the Forces, the Merchant Navy and those civil servants whose incomes cannot be allocated according to their place of residence.