§ Mr. Cookasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update for 1978–79, 1979–80 and 1980–81 the information on the contribution made by different income groups to total receipts from income tax given in his reply of 26 February 1980, Official Report, c. 519–20.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe proportion of income tax raised from the groups of income recipients is as follows:
Group of income recipients Year Top 1٪ Top 10٪ Top 40٪ Bottom 30٪ Bottom 10٪ 1978–79 12 36 76 4 * 1979–80 (Estimate) 11 35 75 4 * 1980–81 (Estimate) 11 35 75 4 * * less than 0.5 per cent. The 1978–79 figures are derived from the Inland Revenue Survey of Personal Incomes. Those for 1979–80 and 1980–81 are provisional estimates based on projections of the 1978–79 survey.
§ Mr. Cookasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update for 1980–81 the information on the 297W contribution to income tax made by those with incomes above the average male manual wage given in his reply of 6 March 1980, Official Report, c. 316.
§ Mr. Peter Rees27 per cent. of total income tax for 1980–81 is estimated to be payable by taxpayers with income below average male manual earnings, and 73 per cent. by those with income above this level.