HC Deb 14 December 1983 vol 50 cc451-2W
Sir Brandon Rhys Williams

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table for 1960, 1970 and for the earliest and latest year for which figures are available, comparing (a) revenue from income tax,

Mr. Moore

The latest available information is as follows. These estimates are derived from family expenditure surveys and are based on household incomes rather than those of individuals. It should be noted that the family expenditure survey tends to under-represent high income households. However, no adjustments have been made to allow either for this under-representation or for year-to-year fluctuations in the composition of the FES sample.

including surtax, (b) revenue from national insurance contributions, (c) revenue from local authority domestic rates, (d) expenditure on national insurance benefits and family allowance/child benefit, (e) expenditure on Department of Health and Social Security means-tested benefits including rent rebates, (f) retail price index, (g) index of average male manual earnings and (h) index of industrial production.

Mr. Moore

The figures are as follows:

1946 1960 1970 1982
(a) £ million 1,337 2,463 5,752 30,275
(b) £ million 170 795 2,394 15,946
(c) £ million *173 386 831 5,251
(d) £ million 153 1,058 3,063 22,256
(e) £ million 54 172 517 6,914
(f) 1975=100 *23.1 36.5 54.2 237.7
(g) 1970=100 †l2.3 52.4 100.0 464.4
(h) 1980=100 *44.5 67.6 90.1 98.0
* 1948
† 1938