§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average mortgage interest tax relief per owner occupier by county in Wales.
§ Mr. MooreI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
370Wtimes and (e) 10 times average earnings for households where the taxpayer is (i) single, (ii) married, no children (iii) married with two children and (iv) married with four children, in all cases assuming the wife does not work.
§ Mr. Moore[pursuant to his reply,21 March 1985, c. 603]: The following table shows (a) income tax plus national insurance contributions less child benefit, where appropriate, as a percentage of gross earnings; and (b) real net income after income tax, NIC and child benefit in index number form with 1978–79 equalling 100. The calculations assume that the taxpayer has no reliefs other than the appropriate personal allowance and that national insurance contributions are at the contracted-in rate. Average earnings ae those for full-time males paid at adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence. Figures for 1984–85 and 1985–86 are provisional.