§ Mr. Sheldonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the numbers of incomes and the amounts of incomes before tax of each £100 range of annual income from £500 to the highest practicable figure for the latest available date.
§ Mr. NottFor 1969–70, the figures are given in the following table, which shows numbers and amounts of income by £100 ranges up to £2,000, and beyond that level for the narrowest income ranges for which it is practicable to provide figures.
Range of total net income*(lower limit) Number of incomes† Total net income* £ '000 £m. 500 1,346.1 738.9 600 1,342.2 870.4 700 1,332.3 998.2 800 1,316.9 1,118.2 900 1,308.8 1,242.0 1,000 1,322.1 1,386.6 1,100 1,282.1 1,473.7 1,200 1,266.0 1,581.3 1,300 1,201.8 1,621.2 1,400 1,129.6 1,636.5 1,500 1,045.2 1,618.6 1,600 993.2 1,636.8 1,700 839.4 1,466.9 1,800 723.4 1,336.9 1,900 615.3 1,198.6 2,000 1,3560 2,990.0 2,500 507.6 1,377.5 3,000 387.2 1,322.2 4,000 160.6 712.7 5,000 85.5 465.9 6,000 83.2 570.9 8,000 36.2 321.5 10,000 50.1 816.5 *Income after expenses etc., but before tax and personal allowances. † Married couples are counted as one unit. All the figures, apart from those in the ranges between £1,500 and £2,000 are given in Table 2 of "The Survey of Personal Incomes 1969–70", published by HM Stationery Office. This volume also gives greater detail by type of income and detailed definitions.