§ Mr. Derek Pageasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the per capita average incomes for each county in England and Wales.
§ Mr. TaverneThe figures which relate to 1966–67 are given in the following table:
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Estimated Population Total Net Income Average £m. £ ENGLISH COUNTIES Bedfordshire 427,970 195 456 Berkshire 585,450 233 429 Buckinghamshire 542,020 229 423 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 294,010 120 407 Cheshire 1,471,630 514 349 Cornwall 353,360 120 341
Estimated Population Total Net Income Average £m. £ Cumberland 296,200 111 374 Derbyshire 911,770 326 358 Devon 865,120 313 361 Dorset 333,000 129 388 Durham 1,541,470 508 329 Essex 1,243,540 547 440 Gloucestershire 1,054,380 473 449 Greater London 7,913,600 4,925 622 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 1,579,990 602 381 Herefordshire 139,790 48 344 Hertfordshire 872,100 364 418 Huntingdon and Soke of Peterborough 183,710 93 506 Kent 1,324,790 499 377 Lancashire 5,189,330 2,200 424 Leicestershire and Rutland 744,050 352 473 Lincolnshire 784,150 292 373 Norfolk 585,500 220 375 Northamptonshire 428,060 178 416 Northumberland 827,560 337 408 Nottinghamshire 954,280 421 441 Oxfordshire 348,770 151 432 Shropshire 321,720 115 358 Somerset 638,200 233 364 Staffordshire 1,802,140 780 433 Suffolk 519,260 181 349 Surrey 977,330 439 450 Sussex 1,159,940 458 394 Warwickshire 2,095,000 1,054 503 Westmorland 67,410 29 431 Wiltshire 471,350 178 377 Worcestershire 662,730 244 368 Yorkshire 4,863,410 1,928 397 England 45,374,090 20,139 444 WELSH COUNTIES Anglesey 55,950 14 247 Breconshire 54,470 13 244 Caernarvonshire 120,050 40 337 Cardiganshire 53,410 14 268 Carmarthenshire 165,650 58 353 Denbighshire 179,150 51 282 Flintshire 160,560 60 371 Glamorgan 1,252,010 436 348 Merionethshire 37,750 12 308 Monmouthshire 463,150 166 358 Montgomeryshire 43,700 14 330 Pembrokeshire 97,060 33 341 Radnorshire 18,300 4 215 Wales 2,701,210 915 339 England and Wales 48,075,300 21,054 419 Note on Table:
The figures of income are taken from the 1966–67 Incomes Survey, published in the 111th Report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and relate to total net income for tax purposes before deducting personal allowances and reliefs, or tax. The figures exclude incomes less than £275 p.a. which was the effective tax exemption limit in 1966–67. The population estimates relate to mid 1966.