§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the tax threshold as a per cent. of average earnings for each year since 1966 for(a) a single person, (b) a single-wage married couple, (c) a two-wage married couple and (d) a single-wage married couple with two children aged eight and 12 years. [9316]
§ Mr. JackAvailable information giving a historical series of tax thresholds as a percentage of average earnings is in appendix C of "Inland Revenue Statistics 1992" for earlier years and table 2.6 of "Inland Revenue Statistics 1995" for recent years.
Latest estimates for years from 1994–95, based on the 1994–95 "New Earnings Survey", are in the table. Additional information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Tax threshold as a percentage of average earnings1 for all occupations Single person Married man without children 1994–95 17.9 26.9 1995–962 17.7 24.2 1996–972 18.2 24.7 1Full time males paid at adult rates working a full week. 2Provisional.