Personal Incomes (Hansard, 10 November 1987)

§ Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax units he estimates to have been in the income ranges £10,000–£15,000, £15,000–£20,000, £20,000–£25,000, £25,000–£30,000, £30,000–£40,000, and

	1978–79	1982–83	1987–88
Range of gross	Number of tax	Amount of gross	Number of tax	Amount of gross	Number of tax	Amount of gross
income¹ lower limit	units²	income¹	units²	income¹	units²	income¹
(£pa)	('000s)	(£ million)	('000s)	(£ million)	('000s)	(£ million)
10,000	720	8,500	3,220	38,800	5,220	63,800
15,000	150	2,500	890	15,200	2,520	43,400
20,000	50	1,200	320	7,000	1,030	23,000
25,000	20	600	130	3,600	480	13,100
30,000	20	600	100	3,500	400	13,600
40,000	10	800	80	5,300	300	18,600
¹ Income before deducting tax reliefs and allowances.
² Counting married couples as one and combining their incomes.