§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the revenue derived from taxing unemployment benefit, and that part of an unemployed claimant's supplementary benefit-income support, for each year since unemployment benefit was brought into tax.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[holding answer 27 October 1988]The latest estimates of the yield from taxing540W unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit or income support paid in lieu of unemployment benefit are as follows:
£ million 1982–83 1300 1983–84 375 1984–85 400 1985–86 400 1986–87 400 1987–88 375 1988–89 300 1 Unemployment benefits became taxable on 5 July 1982. These estimates are based on national amounts of benefits paid each year to the unemployed and information on income of the unemployed derived from the results of the 1984 and 1985 family expenditure surveys. The figures are subject to revision when later information becomes available.