§ Mr. Sydney Chapmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the total percentage tax liability, including national insurance contributions, of the gross wage of (a) a single person, (b) a married person, (c) a married person with one child, and (d) a married person with two children each earning £40, £60, £80, £100, £120, £140, £160, £180 and £200 per week, as a result of his 1986 Budget proposals and as compared with the 1984 Budget proposals and the 1978 Budget proposals.
Percentages 1978–79 1984–85 1986–87 Income Levels (per £ week) Single Married no children Married one child Married Iwo children Single Married no children Married one child Married two children Single Married no children Married one child Married two children 40 21.0 13.1 5.4 -2.2 10.1 9.0 - 7.6 - 24.1 5.0 5.0 -12.7 -30.3 60 27.2 21.3 16.0 10.7 19.7 9.0 -2.1 -13.1 14.3 7.0 -4.8 — 16.6 80 30.2 25.9 21.9 17.9 24.5 16.2 8.0 -0.3 19.7 10.5 1.7 -7.2 100 32.1 28.6 25.4 22.2 27.4 20.8 14.2 7.5 25.0 17.6 10.5 3.5 120 33.3 30.4 27.8 25.1 29.4 23.8 18.3 12.8 27.1 21.0 15.0 9.2 140 33.3 30.8 28.5 26.2 30.7 26.0 21.3 16.5 28.7 23.4 18.4 13.3 160 33.2 31.3 29.1 27.1 31.8 27.6 23.5 19.3 29.9 25.3 20.8 16.4 180 33.5 31.3 29.5 27.7 32.6 28.9 25.2 21.5 30.8 26.7 22.7 18.8 200 34.3 32.0 30.4 28.7 33.2 29.9 26.6 23.3 31.5 27.8 24.3 20.7