§ Mr. Fisherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of total income tax was paid by people with the highest (a) 5 per cent., (b) 10 per cent. and (c) 20 per cent. of incomes in each of the last 10 financial years for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. John Moore[pursuant to his reply, 22 November 1984, c. 271]: The information requested is given in the table. Estimates are not available for 1979–80 or 1980–81.
Percentage shares of total taxes on incomes 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 Top 5 per cent. of tax-units* 33.2 35.1 32.8 30.6 Top 10 per cent. of tax-units* 44.7 46.7 44.2 42.2 Top 20 per cent. of tax-units* 61.2 63.2 60.4 58.7 Total taxes on income (= 100 per cent.) £ mill 6,411 6,572 8,047 11,847
Estimated average number of employees for whom class 1 contributions were payable Estimated number of employees excluded from contributions by the increase in the LEL 1980–81 20,500,000 400,000 1981–82 19,500,000 400,000 1982–83 18,750,000 225,000 1983–84 18,750,000 250,000 1984–85 19,000,000 125,000 1985–86 (forecast) 19,250,000 115,000