Social Security Payments and Income Tax

HC Deb 18 January 1985 vol 71 c236W

Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Prime Minister what is (a) the average cost of social security payments in the United Kingdom per head of the working population and (b) the average amount of income tax paid in the United Kingdom per head of the working population.

The Prime Minister

The cost of social security payments in the United Kingdom was nearly £1,350 per head of the working population in 1983–84. Income tax receipts were about £1,150 per head of the working population in 1983–84.