§ Mr. Meacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates to be the gain per head of beneficiaries of the raising of the investment income surcharge threshold for those whose total 185W income is between £2,000 and £3,000, and for each successive £1,000 income band above that.
§ Mr. Peter Rees,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20 July 1979]: gave the following answer:
The information is not sufficiently reliable to give in the detail required, but that available is as follows:
Total Income and Estimated Gain per Beneficiary £ £2,000–£5,000 108 £5,000–£10,000 222 Over £10,000 292
§ Mr. Meacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many persons currently paying the investment income surcharge have incomes of less than
All taxpayers Aged taxpayers only Total income Numbers Investment income surcharge Numbers Investment income surcharge £ '000 £m,. '000 £m,. Under 2,000 Less than 10 very small nil nil 2,000–5,000 130 15 60 5 5,000–10,000 350 100 200 60 Over 10,000 350 300 120 135 Total 840 415 380 200