§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) for single persons, (b) married persons with one earner and (c) married persons with two earners, each aged: (i) under 65 years and (ii) 65 years and over, the estimated number of incomes in each income range in 1982–83 starting at a lower limit of £1,500, and the total tax, excluding family income supplement as a proportion of total income.
§ Mr. Ridley[pursuant to his reply, 25 January 1983, c. 392]: The latest estimates for the information requested 21W are given in the following tables. Total income includes only those forms of income liable to tax, before the
Number of incomes and estimated average rates of income tax payable by range of total income 1982.83 (i) Single people or married couples both under 65 (a) (b) (c) Single people Married couples without wife's earned income Married couples with wife's earned income Range of total income (lower limit) Number of incomes Income tax as proportion of total income Number of incomes Income tax as proportion of total income Number of incomes Income tax as proportion of total income £ millions per cent. millions per cent. millions per cent. 1,500 0.6 3.3 0.2 — 0.03 — 2,000 1.5 10.8 0.3 1.6 0.1 0.2 3,000 1.5 16.1 0.3 8.8 0.2 1.3 4,000 1.5 18.9 0.5 12.9 0.2 4.9 5,000 1.0 20.9 0.7 15.6 0.3 9.1 6,000 0.7 21.8 0.7 17.3 0.5 12.1 7,000 0.5 22.2 0.6 18.1 0.6 14.1 8,000 0.3 23.1 0.6 19.2 0.6 15.4 9,000 0.2 23.5 0.4 19.3 0.7 16.4 10,000 0.2 24.1 0.4 20.7 1.0 17.9 12,000 0.1 24.7 0.3 21.9 0.9 19.2 15,000 0.08 28.9 0.2 25.0 0.7 22.1 20,000 0.01 35.0 0.03 31.5 0.06 27.3 30,000 0.01 44.9 0.05 41.1 0.07 37.2
Number of incomes and estimated average rates of income tax payable by range of total income 1982-83 (ii) Single people or married couples over 65 (a) (b) (c) Single people Married coluples without wife's earned income Married coluples without wife's earned income Range of total income (lower limit) Number of incomes Income tax as proportion of total income Number of incomes Income tax as proportion of total income Number of incomes Income tax as proportion of total income £ millions per cent. millions per cent. millions per cent. 1,500 0.19 — 0.03 — — — 2,000 0.47 4.7 0.11 — 0.01 — 3,000 0.19 11.8 0.40 2.0 0.07 0.9 4,000 0.16 16.1 0.19 8.0 0.10 2.1 5,000 0.08 17.4 0.14 12.0 0.06 4.9 6,000 0.08 20.1 0.09 14.8 0.06 8.2 7,000 0.03 23.2 0.06 17.6 0.04 13.4 8,000 0.04 25.1 0.03 19.4 0.03 17.3 9,000 0.03 25.2 0.02 20.7 0.02 18.2 10,000 0.02 27.9 0.03 21.9 0.03 20.3 12,000 0.01 30.4 0.02 26.2 0.03 21.0 15,000 0.03 35.3 0.03 30.3 0.02 25.6 20,000 neg 46.6 0.01 41.1 0.01 35.8