HC Deb 26 February 1992 vol 204 cc500-1W
Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest estimates of(a) original, (b) gross, (c) disposable and (d) post-tax income, by decile, in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Maude

The information, derived from the 1989 family expenditure survey, is given in the table:

Average annual household income1
Decile group2 Original income Gross income Disposable income Post-tax Income
Bottom 1,000 4,100 3,400 2,200
2nd 1,600 5,200 4,500 3,400
3rd 2,800 6,200 5,300 4,100
4th 6,700 9,400 7,800 5,900
5th 10,100 12,100 9,800 7,500
6th 13,000 14,600 11,700 9,100
7th 16,200 17,500 13,800 11,000
8th 19,600 20,500 16,100 12,900
9th 23,700 24,400 19,100 15,400
Top 36,400 37,000 28,900 24,800
All households 13,100 15,100 12,000 9,600
1 Rounded to the nearest £100.
2 The 7,410 households were ranked by equivalised disposable income.
Source: Economic Trends January 1992.