§ Sir B. Rhys Williamsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish tables showing the net income after tax of a single earner and of a married man 230W over a standard range of earned incomes including the national average wage, together with comparable tables where the earner is blind.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI have already published a table showing, for a standard range of incomes, the net income after tax of a single person and of a married couple.—[Vol. 905, c. 408–10.]
For persons in receipt of the blind person's allowance, the figures are as follows:
Married couple with no children Income Single person (1) one only blind (2) both spouses blind £ £ £ £ 700 700 700 700 800 800 800 800 900 884.25 900 900 1,000 949.25 1,000 1,000 1,100 1,014.24 1,100 1,100 1,200 1,079.25 1,177.25 1,200 1,300 1,144.25 1,242.25 1,300 1,400 1,209.25 1,307.25 1,370.25 1,500 1,274.25 1,372.25 1,435.25 1,600 1,339.25 1,437.25 1,500.25 1,700 1,404–25 1,502.25 1,565.25 1,800 1,469.25 1,567.25 1,630.25 1,900 1,534.25 1,632.25 1,695.25 2,000 1,599.25 1,697.25 1,760.25 2,500 1,924.25 2,022.25 2,085.25 3,000 2,249.25 2,347.25 2,410.25 3,480 2,561.25 2,659.25 2,722.25 4,000 2,899.25 2,997.25 3,060.25 5,000 3,549.25 3,647.25 3,710.25 6,000 4,159.75 4,279.00 4,351.00 7,000 4,702.50 4,835.75 4,916.75 8,000 5,195.25 5,342.50 5,432.50 9,000 5,638.00 5,799.25 5,898.25 10,000 6,038.00 6,206.00 6,314.00 Note: The calculations assume that the taxpayer is not in receipt of any tax-free blindness disability payments.