§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many income tax payers there are in (a) the city of Manchester and (b) Greater Manchester; how much of the £4,540 million reductions in income tax in this year's Budget will go to income tax payers in each of the above areas; how many income tax payers in each of the above areas benefit in total from the reduction in the top rate in earned income from 83 per cent. to 60 per cent. and the increase in the higher rate scale threshold from £8,000 to 635W £10,000; and what aggregate tax benefit there is, from all the income tax reductions in the Budget, to the taxpayers who benefit from each of these categories, giving the figures for (i) the city of Manchester and (ii) Greater Manchester.
§ Mr. Peter ReesFigures from the Inland Revenue's annual survey of personal incomes are available for Greater Manchester but not for the city of Manchester. The latest year for which data are available is 1977–78. I regret that the estimated effects of the Budget changes, which are based on estimates of 1979–80 income levels, cannot be broken down by area.
In 1977–78, there were approximately 940,000 income tax payers resident in Greater Manchester, of whom some 37,000 were liable at higher rates—counting married couples as one. Information is not available about the number of those
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PERCENTAGE OF OUTSTANDING BANK ADVANCES ACCOUNTED FOR BY VARIOUS GROUPS (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Manufacturing less food, drink and tobacco Distribution Private persons* Other groups† 1952 … … … 24 10 21 45 1953 … … … 25 10 21 44 1954 … … … 24 10 19 47 1955 … … … 25 9 18 48 1956 … … … 29 8 16 47 1957 … … … 32 9 16 43 1958 … … … 30 9 17 44 1959 … … … 27 10 19 44 1960 … … … 29 10 19 42 1961 … … … 32 10 18 40 1962 … … … 33 10 19 38 1963 … … … 30 10 20 40 1964 … … … 30 10 20 40 1965 … … … 34 10 17 39 1966 … … … 36 9 16 39 1967 … … … 31 11 14 44 1968 … … … 30 12 14 44 1969 … … … 35 11 12 42 1970 … … … 38 10 12 40 1971 … … … 32 10 14 44 1972 … … … 28 8 16 48 1973 … … … 24 7 16 53 1974 … … … 26 7 13 54 1975 … … … 20 9 13 58 1976— First quarter … … … 20 9 13 58 Second quarter … … … 19 10 13 58 Third quarter … … … 20 10 13 57 Fourth quarter … … … 20 11 12 57 1977— First quarter … … … 21 11 12 56 Second quarter … … … 20 11 12 57 Third quarter … … … 20 10 12 58 Fourth quarter … … … 20 10 12 58 taxpayers then liable to tax on earned income at 83 per cent.