HC Deb 12 June 1991 vol 192 cc548-9W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish tables on the same basis as at table P, page 119 ofEconomic Trends March 1991, No. 449, showing figures separately for (a) retired and (b) non-retired households.

Mr. Maples

[holding answer 11 June 1991]: The information is as follows:

1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1988
Income tax, NIC and domestic rates as percentages of gross income:
Bottom quintile group 22 17 17 16 14 14 17
2nd quintile group 23 20 20 21 20 19 19
3rd quintile group 24 21 23 23 22 21 21
4th quintile group 24 22 24 25 24 23 22
Top quintile group 24 23 24 25 25 24 22
Average over all households 24 21 23 23 22 22 21
Indirect taxes as percentages of disposable income:
Bottom quintile group 26 24 28 28 27 28 31
2nd quintile group 22 23 24 25 25 25 25
3rd quintile group 21 22 23 24 23 22 23
4th quintile group 20 21 22 23 22 20 21
Top quintile group 17 19 19 19 18 16 15
Average over all households 20 21 22 23 22 20 21
Benefits in kind as percentages of final income:
Bottom quintile group 40 38 42 42 39 43 43
2nd quintile group 27 25 27 27 25 25 26
3rd quintile group 21 19 20 21 18 18 18
4th quintile group 15 13 15 14 12 12 11
Top quintile group 8 8 7 9 7 5 5
Average over all households 19 18 19 19 17 16 16
1 Ranked by equivalised disposable income for retired and non-retired households respectively.

Source: CSO, from Family Expenditure Surveys.