HC Deb 24 March 1977 vol 928 cc633-4W
27. Mr. Eyre

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what proportion the average tax deduction has increased from February 1974 to March 1977 for a manual worker earning an average wage in February 1974.

35. Mr. Hodgson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what proportion the average tax deduction increased from February 1974 to March 1977 for a manual worker earning an average wage in February 1974.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

Estimates of average earnings for February 1974 are not available owing to the three-day week, and estimates for March 1977 have not yet been published, but between March 1974 and December 1976 the tax payable by a married man earning the average manual wage and with two children not over 11 years of age rose by 112 per cent.