HC Deb 27 January 1966 vol 723 cc132-3W
Mr. Lubbock

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will publish the relevant figures to bring up to date Tables 50, 51a, and 53 of the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Impact of Rates on Households, Command Paper No. 2582.

Mr. MacColl

Revised tables giving figures for a further year (1964) are as follows:

RATES PAID BY DOMESTIC PROPERTY AS PERCENTAGES OF PERSONAL INCOME, UNITED KINGDOM Selected years 1938–1964
Table 53
Year Domestic rates £m. Personal income £m. Column (1) as percentage of Column (2) Personal income less taxes on income Column (1) as percentage of Column (4)
£m.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1938 123.2 5,078 2.43 4,656 2.65
1952 229.9 12,815 1.79 11,142 2.06
1955 276.0 15,622 1.77 13,656 2.02
1960 379.2 21,178 1.79 18,171 2.09
1963 493.7 25,500 1.94 21,659 2.28
1964 536.8 27,394 1.96 23,198 2.31

Notes: Income figures are from National Income and Expenditure 1965 (Table 2) and are for calendar years. Domestic rates figures are estimated for financial years (beginning in the year shown), and include an estimate for Northern Ireland. Taxes on income include additions to tax reserves, national insurance and health contributions.