Earnings

HC Deb 14 March 1985 vol 75 cc207-8W

Mr. Leighton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what has been the movement of the

the complete range of tourism services provided within the countries of the European Economic Community which attract value added tax together with the individual percentage rates curently being levied.

Mr. Hayhoe

I have been asked to reply.

The percentage rates of value added tax applying to the main areas of tourist expenditure in EC member states are understood to be as set out in the following table. Greece has not yet introduced a value added tax.

percentage of the median of the top decile and top quartile of male earnings since 1979 and the bottom decile and quartile.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The requested details, in terms of gross weekly earnings of full-time adult employees working a full week, are published in table 30 of "New Earnings Survey 1984", part B, a copy of which is in the Library.