| VAT(1) | £ per week Customs and Excise Duties(2) | |
| Households of two adults and two children(3) | ||
| with original income £l, 194–£3, 748(4) | 1.75 | 3.35 |
| with original income £2,561–£3,749(4) | 2.45 | 3.70 |
| Pensioner Households(5) | ||
| 1 adult | 0.30 | 0.50 |
| 2 adults | 0.70 | 1.55 |
§ Notes:
- (1) Includes car tax.
- (2) Includes miscellaneous licence duties which cannot be separately quantified.
- (3) Children are defined as those under 16 years of age.
- (4) The original income of the household corresponds to the total combined income of members of the household from employment, self-employment and investment, including occupational pensions.
- (5) Pensioner households are so defined if at least three-quarters of their income is derived from national insurance retirement and similar pensions and/or supplementary benefits. It is not possible to distinguish pensioner married couples from other pensioner households with two adults.
§ House adjourned at half-past ten o'clock.