§ Mr. David Priceasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the revenue cost in a full year of raising the main personal allowances for income tax by 25 per cent., and of adopting the following scale of income tax rates: £0 to £5,000 at 25 per cent., £5,001 to £10,000 at 30 per cent., £10,001 to £12,000 at 35 per cent., £12,000 to
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§ Mr. Joel Barnett,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 30 January 1979; Vol. 961, c. 423], gave the following information
The table below gives provisional estimates of identifiable public expenditure per head by central government in 1977–78, in England, Scotland and Wales, for each of the main Departments. The term "identifiable expenditure" was explained in the Answer to the hon. Member for Gravesend on 17 January 1979—[Vol. 960, c. 781–93].
£14,000 at 40 per cent., £14,001 to £17,000 at 45 per cent., £17,001 to £21,000 at 50 per cent, £21,001 at £25,000 at 55 per cent., and over £25,001 at 60 per cent.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 31 January 1979; Vol. 961, c. 465], gave the following information
About £5,800 million for 1978–79