§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of income was paid in income tax and national insurance contributions, respectively, and in total, by a single man and by a married man with two children, respectively, each having
The figures are as follows:—
Single Man Married Man—2 children not over 11 Year Tax Per cent. N.I. Per cent. Total Per cent. Tax Per cent. N.I. Per cent. Total Per cent. 1945–46 … … 23.0 1.6 24.6 4.4 1.6 6.0 1946–47 … … 10.5 3.3 13.9 — 3.2 3.2 1947–48 … … 14.2 3.1 17.3 — 3.0 3.0 1948–49 … … 12.5 3.6 16.0 — 3.4 3.4 1949–50 … … 17.8 3.4 21.3 — 3.3 3.3 1950–51 … … 11.0 3.3 14.2 0.5 3.2 3.7 1951–52 … … 13.1 3.1 16.2 0.7 3.0 3.6 1952–53 … … 11.2 3.2 14.4 — 3.1 3.1 1953–54 … … 10.6 3.0 13.6 0.3 2.9 3.2 1954–55 … … 11.8 2.8 14.6 1.0 2.7 3.7 1955–56 … … 12.7 3.0 15.7 0.4 2.9 3.3 1956–57 … … 18.5 2.8 21.3 0.8 2.7 3.6 1957–58 … … 18.8 2.9 21.7 1.5 2.9 4.4 1958–59 … … 19.0 3.9 22.9 1.8 3.9 5.6 1959–60 … … 14.4 3.7 18.1 2.3 3.6 5.9 1960–61 … … 15.1 3.4 18.5 3.2 3.3 6.6 1961–62 … … 15.5 5.1 20.6 3.7 5.0 8.7 1962–63 … … 16.0 4.9 20.9 4.1 4.8 8.9 1963–64 … … 16.1 5.5 21.6 3.0 5.3 8.3 1964–65 … … 17.2 5.3 22.5 4.5 5.2 9.7 1965–66 … … 18.9 5.4 24.3 5.9 5.3 11.3 1966–67 … … 19.3 5.5 24.8 6.5 5.4 11.9 1967–68 … … 20.0 5.8 25.7 7.4 5.7 13.1 1968–69 … … 20.8 5.6 26.4 10.8 5.4 16.2 1969–70 … … 21.7 5.2 26.8 12.5 5.0 17.5 1970–71 … … 22.9 5.9 28.8 14.2 5.7 19.9