§ Mr. Rookerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what will be the extra number of taxpayers in 1979–80 over
Annual Increase expressed as a percentage of the preceding year 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 The queen's civil list 0.0 0.0 42.90 15.3 17.4 2.9 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth,The Queen Mother 0.0 0.0 0.0 47.4 10.7 12.9 HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.8 0.0 10.0 HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.9 10.0 7.3 HRH The Princess Anne, Mrs. Mark Phillips * * 0.0 28.6 11.1 20.0 HRH The Prince Andrew — — — — — † HRH The Duke of Gloucester 0.0 ‡ — — — — HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester — ‡ ‡ 25.0 0.0 20.0 HRH The Duke of Gloucester — ‡ ‡ 86–7║ −7.1║§ 50.0║ HRH The Duke of Kent 0.0 20.0 16.7 28.6║ 6–7║ 25.0║ HRH Princess Alexandra, Mrs. Angus Ogilvy 0.0 10.0 36.4 33.3║ 25.0║ 20.0║ HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone 0.0 0.0 66.7 0.0║ 10.0║ 8.3║* Average Earnings¶ 13.5 17.8 26.5 15.6 10.2 14.4* Retail Price Index'¶ 9.2 16.1 24.2 16.5 15.8 8.2 NOTES:— * Amount of annuity amended as a consequence of marriage on 14 November 1973. † Annuity payable from 19 February 1978 only. ‡Amount of annuity affected by the death of HRH The Duke of Gloucester on 10 June 1974. §Decrease. ║ Whole cost met by HM The Queen. ¶Source: Economic Trends, January 1979, pp. 40 and 42. The earnings figures are based on the older series—the new (whole economy) index has only been published since 1976. * * Provisional figure.