§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the level of indirect taxation, as a percentage of income, levied on a married man with two children earning (a) £8,000 and (b) £20,000 per annum in 1979 and the latest year for which figurs are available.
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§ Mr. BrookeEstimates of indirect tax payments cannot reliably be made at earnings levels as high as £20,000 in 1979–80. Estimates for a married man with two children earning £8,000 in 1979–80 and the same amount in real terms in 1985-86 are as follows:
Indirect taxes as a percentage of gross income Percentage 1979–80 10.6 1985–86 11.0