§ 73. Mr. Gordon Walkerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give statistics showing, to the last convenient date, the number of persons with net relevant earnings of from £5,000 to £7,500 a year, in accordance with the definition of which he has been separately informed.
§ Mr. H. BrookeThe estimated number of persons with earned incomes between £5,000 and £7,500 in 1955–56 was about 14,500. A further 7,500 had earned incomes in excess of £7,500. Of the total above £5,000, about half were self-employed and half were employees, but it is not possible to say how many of the latter were entitled to pensions.