§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in pursuance of the answer given to the hon. Member for Birkenhead on 14 April, Official Report, c. 442, he will present the information given as a percentage of (a) all taxpayers and (b) all taxpaying units at that time.
§ Mr. RidleyThe number of families, with dependent children, who did not pay income tax in 1971 expressed as a percentage of(a) all taxpayers and (b) all tax-paying units at that time was about 6.5 per cent. and 7.5 per cent. respectively. Married women whose earnings were subject to tax are counted separately from their husbands in the calculation of (a), but not of (b).