§ Mr. Trotterasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish an up-to-date table to show the amounts of Ministers' expenses allowed for income tax against their remuneration on the same lines as that for hon. Members other than Ministers, published in the Official Report.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe table below gives the figures for 1976–77, after 621W deducting secretarial allowances and allowances for additional living costs.
Expenses allowed (£) Number of Ministers 1976–77 0–99 7 100–199 7 200–299 5 300–399 4 400–499 1 500–599 3 600–699 1 700–799 — 800–899 — 900–999 1 1000–1099 — 1100–1199 4 1200–1299 — 1300–1399 — 1400–1499 1 1500–1599 — 1600–1699 — 1700–1799 — 1800–1899 — 1900–1999 1 2000–2999 3 over 3000 — Total 38 NOTE.
The table includes only those cases where final figures are available.
1. SINGLE PERSON Gross earnings equivalent of increase in net income (a) (b) (c) Annual earnings Reduction in income tax Annul Weekly As percentage of gross earnings £ £ £ £ Per cent. 2,000 … … … 84.04 141.84 2.73 7.1 4,000 … … … 104.04 175.59 3.38 4.4 6,000 … … … 137.29 228.82 4.40 3.8 7,000 … … … 232.24 440.98 8.48 6.3 7,700 … … … 290.49 586.09 11.27 7.6 8,800 … … … 385.99 910.60 17.51 10.3 9,200 … … … 413.24 1,028.73 19.78 11.2 9,420 … … … 433.49 1,083.73 20.84 11.5 10,000 … … … 488.74 1,291.40 24.83 12.9 10,900 … … … 541.99 1,548.54 29.78 14.2 11,200 … … … 559.24 1,608.30 30.93 14.4 13,200 … … … 669.74 2,232.47 42.93 16.9 15,000 … … … 756.99 2,880.96 55.40 19.2 16,000 … … … 770.24 3,080.96 59.25 19.3 18,675 … … … 817.49 3,839.35 73.83 20.6 19,425 … … … 817.49 4,192.29 80.62 21.6 19,675 … … … 817.49 4,309.94 82.88 21.9 21,175 … … … 852.69 5,015.82 96.46 23.7 23,000 … … … 914.29 5,378.18 103.43 23.4 31,000 … … … 914.29 5,378.18 103.43 17.3 35,000 … … … 914.29 5,378.18 103.43 15.4 63,000 … … … 914.29 5,378.18 103.43 8.5 2. MARRIED COUPLE 2,000 … … … 134.94 227.75 4.38 11.4 4,000 … … … 154.94 261.50 5.03 6.5 6,000 … … … 174.94 284.48 5.47 4.7 7,000 … … … 251.44 457.16 8.79 6.5 7,700 … … … 319.49 638.98 12.29 8.3 8,800 … … … 422.99 959.35 18.45 10.9 9,200 … … … 462.99 1,109.35 21.33 12.1