§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the total earnings in(a) cash and (b) real terms from self-employment and employment in the manufacturing and service sectors by standard industrial classification of the earnings source in (a) 1963, (b) 1974, (c) 1979 and (d) the most recent period for which information is available; and what were the percentage changes for each sector between each of those successive dates.
§ Mr. NelsonFigures for income from employment in the manufacturing and service sectors, analysed on the basis of the standard industrial classification in use at the time of publication, may be found in the following CSO publications:
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1963 National Income and Expenditure 1963–73: tables 18 and 20 (wages and salaries only). 1974 (on 1968 Standard industrial Classification): National Income and Expenditure 1982 edition: tables 3.1 and 3.3. 1974 (on 1980 classification) and later years may be found in the appropriate issues of the National Accounts Blue Book, Tables 2.1 and 2.3, and also on the CSO database, which can be accessed by the House of Commons Library. as one taxpayer and their incomes are combined. Following the introduction of independent taxation, for 1990–91 onwards, husbands and wives are counted separately. Estimates for 1991–92 and 1992–93 are based on projections of the 1990–91 survey and are therefore provisional, and detailed information on the breakdown of unearned income is not available.
Total income of top 1 per cent, of taxpayers Total unearned income of top 1 per cent, of taxpayers Total unearned income of all taxpayers Total taxpayers Number of taxpayers in top 1 per cent. £ billion £ billion £ billion (million) (thousands) 1978–79 5.0 1.2 — 21.4 214 1983–84 9.7 1.9 — 20.4 204 1984–85 10.9 1.8 — 20.2 202 1985–86 12.9 2.3 — 20.2 202 1986–87 14.6 2.8 19.2 20.4 204 1987–88 16.4 3.1 21.0 20.8 208 1988–89 21.2 5.3 25.4 21.3 213 1989–90 24.2 7.0 35.2 21.5 215 1990–91 28.3 7.2 41.9 26.0 260 1991–92 29.0 6.5 35.2 25.3 253 1992–93 28.7 6.6 31.8 24.7 247 Estimates of income from self-employment by sector are not available.
There are no official estimates of components of personal incomes measured at constant prices.