HC Deb 25 July 1978 vol 954 cc687-9W
Mr. Dunnett

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a table showing the average per capita personal income before and after tax for each metropolitan and non-metropolitan county in England and Wales, and for Greater London, and for each smaller local government area for which information is available.

Average personal income
Before Tax After Tax
(£) (£)
Metropolitan Counties:
Tyne and Wear 3,240 2,550
West Yorkshire 3,160 2,500
South Yorkshire 3,350 2,650
Merseyside 3,070 2,420
Greater Manchester 3,100 2,460
West Midlands 3,170 2,510
Greater London 3,550 2,690
Non-Metropolitan Counties (England):
Bedfordshire 3,600 2,820
Berkshire 3,620 2,800
Buckinghamshire 3,630 2,760
Essex 3,500 2,720
Hertfordshire 3,690 2,840
Oxfordshire 3,730 2,830
East Sussex 3,040 2,360
Hampshire 3,260 2,550
Kent 3,410 2,670
Surrey 4,130 3,090
West Sussex 3,360 2,570
Isle of Wight 2,930 2,340
Cornwall 2,650 2,140
Devon 2,980 2,350
Dorset 3,170 2,460
Gloucestershire 3,360 2,630
Somerset 3,160 2,480
Wiltshire 3,280 2,580
Avon 3,200 2,530
Cleveland 3,430 2,680
Durham 3,010 2,410
Cumbria 3,130 2,470
Northumberland 3,160 2,480
North Yorkshire 3,260 2,540
Humberside 3,220 2,520
Lancashire 3,140 2,490
Cheshire 3,480 2,690
Derbyshire 3,230 2,570
Nottinghamshire 3,130 2,460
Lincolnshire 3,130 2,470
Leicestershire 3,300 2,610
Northamptonshire 3,360 2,650
Salop 3,250 2,530
Staffordshire 3,240 2,570
Hereford and Worcestershire 3,380 2,630
Warwickshire 3,450 2,690
Cambridgeshire 3,280 2,560
Norfolk 3,290 2,600
Suffolk 3,330 2,540

Mr. Robert Sheldon

, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 21st July 1978], gave the following answer:

I regret that the information is not available precisely in the form requested. However, the Inland Revenue's sample survey of personal incomes for 1975–76 can be used to calculate average income tax unit (i.e. counting married couples as one). The available results for England and Wales are shown below. The incomes included in the survey are those notified to the Inland Revenue—i.e. those where total income from all sources exceeded £675 for 1975–76, excluding non-taxable social security benefits and including certain imputed income in kind.

Average personal income
Before Tax After Tax
(£) (£)
Non-Metropolitan Counties (Wales):
Gwent 2,990 2,340
Mid Glamorgan 3,070 2,430
South Glamorgan 3,170 2,480
West Glamorgan 3,220 2,530
Dyfed 2,960 2,330
Gwynedd 2,840 2,230
Powys 3,200 2,560
Clwyd 3,020 2,410