§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the latest figures available showing income tax liability as a percentage of gross earnings for (a) a single person, (b) a married couple, and (c) a married couple with two children aged 9 and 13 years, in each of the member States of the European Community, and in Sweden, the United States of America, Canada and Japan, assuming that earnings in each case were equal to the average for male manual workers in the country concerned, and taking into account family benefits where applicable.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe information requested is as follows:
the bottom slice of income, the estimated loss of revenue for 1977–78 would be of the following order:
LOSS OF REVENUE £ million Highest rate Per cent. Earned Income Unearned Income 50 270 250 to 400 60 140 150 to 250 70 60 70 to 150