Taxation and National Insurance

HC Deb 19 June 1986 vol 99 c630W

47. Mr. Redmond

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the proportion of revenue from income M taxes and national insurance compares to 1979.

Mr. Norman Lamont

In 1985, income tax and national insurance contributions were 42.3 per cent. of central Government current receipts, compared with 46.2 per cent. in 1979.

Mr. Chapman

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of his gross wage a single person earning half the average wage pays in income tax and national insurance contributions.

Mr. Norman Lamont

25.8 per cent. in 1986–87.