§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the latest estimated figures for the average per capita personal income before tax in each of the counties of Wales, respectively; and how these figures compare with the average for England and Scotland.
§ Mr. Ted RowlandsIn 1971–72, the latest year for which information is available, the figures were as follows:
Per capita taxable personal income (before tax) £'s per annum Anglesey … … 559 Breeonshire … … 443 Caernarvonshire … … 349 Cardiganshire … … 456 Carmarthenshire … … 522 Denbighshire … … 589 Flintshire … … 619 Glamorgan … … 575 Merioneth … … 330 Monmouthshire … … 554 Montgomeryshire … … 563 Pembrokeshire … … 683 Radnorshire … … 490 Scotland … … 534 England … … 663 The income figures used in calculating these averages were derived from the Inland Revenue Survey of Personal Incomes
350W
Non-Measured Supplies 1973–74 1974–75 Measured Supplies Pence in £ water charge Pence per 1,000 gallons (net of precepts) 1973–74 1974–75 Water Divisions/ Water Company Areas Pence in £ Anglesey … … … 3.6 18.8 12.5 50.0 Cardiff … … … 4.5 8.0 20.0 33.8 Cardigan … … … 5.7 20.0 20.0 50.0 Carmarthern (Llanelli) … … … 5.0 14.4 15.0 39.0 Central Flintshire … … … 7.1 13.6 26.7 47.7 Conwy Valley … … … 4.3 6.8 15.0 23.8 Eryri … … … 7.2 15.0 15.0 43.0 Gwent … … … 5.6 13.2 22.0 30.0 Merioneth … … … 4.5 18.0 20.0 40.0 Mid Glamorgan … … … 7.0 13.0 27.0 41.0 Pembrokeshire … … … 6.0 9.6 17.5 29.2 Radnor and N.E. Breconshire … … … 5.6 20.0 20.0 50.0 South East Brecon … … … 4.0 15.9 15.0 50.0 TafFechan … … … 6.3 16.8 12.5 49.5 West Denbigh and West Flint … … … 5.3 10.6 21.2 40.1 West Glamorgan … … … 5.0 8.9 12.5 30.5 Montgomeryshire … … … 3.0 4.1 12.5 16.7 Wrexham and E. Denbighshire Water Company … … … 5.1 5.8 21.9 24.8 for that year. They exclude non-taxable receipts, such as certain national insurance benefits, as well as income below the exemption limit for tax. It is probable that some of the figures shown above are underestimated to a relatively greater extent than in the country as a whole, because of a higher proportion of individuals whose incomes or parts of whose incomes are not taken into account in the calculations.