HC Deb 05 July 2001 vol 371 c271W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of pensioner households paid(a) more than 5 per cent., (b) more than 10 per cent., and (c) more than 15 per cent. of their gross income in council tax in 1999–2000. [2257]

Mr. McCartney

41 per cent. of pensioner households in Great Britain paid more than 5 per cent. of their gross income in Council Tax in 1999–2000, 8 per cent. of pensioner households paid more than 10 per cent., and 2 per cent. paid more than 15 per cent.

Notes:

  1. 1. These figures are from the Family Resources Survey (Great Britain).
  2. 2. For the purposes of this analysis, Council Tax is taken to be net of Council Tax discount.
  3. 3. A pensioner household is one that contains at least one person over State Pension age.
  4. 4. The estimates are based on sample counts, which have been adjusted for non-response using grossing factors that control for region, Council Tax band, tenure and a number of demographic variables. Estimates are subject to sampling error and to variability in non-response.
  5. 5. All percentages have been rounded to the nearest 1 per cent.