§ Mr. Rookerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out in the Official Report the percentage of the total tax cuts anounced in his Budget for the following levels of earnings: up to £2,000, £4,000, £5,000, £8,000, £10,000 and £15,000; and also show the percentage 638W of the tax cuts he announced, excluding those announced in April 1979.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 24 October 1979, c. 208]: The estimates given below are by reference to bands of total income, counting married couples as one.
Total incomes Percentage of total Budget cuts Percentage excluding cuts announced in April 1979 £ 0–2,000 2 1 2,001–4,000 14 11 4,001–5,000 10 9 5,001–8,000 30 28 8,001–10,000 11 11 10,001–15,000 12 14