HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 c100W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update the answer given to the hon. Member for Birkenhead detailing the share of national income going to different income groups of 4 November 1986,Official Report, columns 412–14.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Information for 1985–86, derived from the survey of personal incomes for that year, is as follows:

Quantile group of tax units12 Income before tax Income after tax
£ billion per cent.1 £ billion per cent.1
Top 1 per cent. 12.7 6.1 7.9 4.7
Top 2 per cent. 20.4 9.8 13.3 7.9
Top 3 per cent. 25.6 12.3 17.3 10.3
Top 4 per cent. 30.8 14.8 21.3 12.6
Top 5 per cent. 36.0 17.3 25.2 15.0
1 As in the previous answer, quantile groups of tax units and percentage shares of income are determined by reference to the population of tax units for which the Inland Revenue has records.
2 Single people and married couples.

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