The Earl of Dalkeithasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the number of people with incomes of less than £400 a year now compares with 1950.
§ Mr. BarberFor this Question and the following one I would refer my hon. Friend to the National Income and Expenditure Blue Books for 1960 and 1962. No later estimates have been made. In 1961 there were about 9 million incomes between £50 and £400 compared with about 20 million in 1949. The corresponding figure for 1950 is not available.
The Earl of Dalkeithasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the number of people with incomes of between £1,000 and £1,500 now compares with 1950.
§ Mr. BarberAbout 3,850,000 in 1961 compared with 400,000 in 1949.