HC Deb 22 July 1976 vol 915 c579W
Mr. Woof

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total annual gross income accruing to the top 20 per cent. of the population, ranked by total income.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

About £23,000 million for 1973–74, the latest year for which information is available. The population has been taken to be the population of tax units as shown on page 98 of Economic Trends, June 1976.