Rating Reform (Hansard, 11 January 1989)

§ Mr. Rooker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will construct a table in the same form as figure F4 of Cmnd. 9714, "Paying for Local Government", showing for the first year with safety net and fully in place the relationship between gross and net

Table 1
Relationship of gross and net community charge with safety nets (1990–91 position: England) to net household income (Pounds per week, 1988–89 prices)
	Ranges of net household income (£ per week)
	Under 50	50-100	100-200	200-300	300+	All
(a) Single pensioner households Community charge
Gross £ per week	4.49	4.66	4.76	¹—	¹—	4.65
Net £ per week	1.00	2.33	4.75	¹—	¹—	2.48
As a per cent. of net income in each range Gross	9.6	6.9	3.5	1.9	¹—	6.0
Net	2.2	3.5	3.5	1.9	¹—	3.2
(b) Other single adult households Community charge
Gross £ per week	4.60	4.76	4.81	5.00	5.24	4.81
Net £ per week	1.41	2.47	4.50	5.00	5.20	3.57
As a per cent. of net income in each range Gross	10.9	6.4	3.4	2.1	1.3	3.8
Net	3.3	3.3	3.2	2.1	1.3	2.8
(c) Two adult households Community charge
Gross £ per week	¹—	9.14	9.20	9.32	9.70	9.31
Net £ per week	¹—	3.35	7.64	9.18	9.66	7.87
As a per cent. of net income in each range Gross	¹—	10.6	6.1	3.8	2.3	4.3
Net	¹—	3.9	5.1	3.8	2.3	3.7
(d) Three or more adult households Community charge
Gross £ per week	¹—	¹—	14.42	14.86	16.44	15.57
Net £ per week	¹—	¹—	7.40	12.16	15.11	12.75
As a per cent. of net income in each range Gross	¹—	¹—	8.9	6.0	3.9	4.9
Net	¹—	¹—	4.6	4.9	3.6	4.0
¹ No reliable figures available.

Table 2
Relationship of gross and net community charge with no safety nets (England) to net household income (Pounds per week, 1988–89 prices)
	Ranges of net household income (£ per week)
	Under 50	50-100	100-200	200-300	300+	All
(a) Single pensioner households Community charge
Gross £ per week	4.59	4.80	4.64	¹—	¹—	4.75
Net £ per week	1.03	2.34	4.63	¹—	¹—	2.47
As a per cent. of net income in each range Gross	9.9	7.1	3.4	1.9	¹—	6.1
Net	2.2	3.5	3.4	1.9	¹—	3.2
(b) Other single adult households Community charge
Gross £ per week	4.97	5.06	4.96	5.13	5.49	5.03
Net £ per week	1.46	2.54	4.62	5.12	5.45	3.67
As a per cent. of net income in each range Gross	11.8	6.8	3.5	2.2	1.4	4.0
Net	3.5	3.4	3.3	2.2	1.3	2.9

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poll tax to net household income for (a) single pensioner households, (b) other single person households, (c) two adult and (d) three adult households.

§ Mr. Gummer

[holding answer 19 December 1988]: The Government have no plans to introduce a poll tax. Reliable information cannot be provided at the level of detail requested, because of the small numbers of some household types in the sample survey on which such estimates are based. The tables below show the information requested for each household type in the format of figure F4 in the Green Paper "Paying for Local Government", Cmnd. 9714, but using the income ranges shown in figure F3. These estimates are based on data contained in the family expenditure survey and the illustrative community charge levels published on 23 June 1988.

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	Ranges of net household income (£ per week)
	Under 50	50-100	100-200	200-300	300+	All
(c) Two adult households Community charge
Gross £ per week	¹—	9.52	9.34	9.15	9.03	9.26
Net £ per week	¹—	3.43	7.62	9.00	9.00	7.71
As a per cent. of net income in each range Gross	¹—	11.1	6.2	3.8	2.2	4.3
Net	¹—	4.0	5.1	3.7	2.2	3.6
(d) Three or more adult households Community charge
Gross £ per week	¹—	¹—	14.83	14.99	16.14	15. 54
Net £ per week	¹—	¹—	7.54	12.21	14.79	12.64
As a per cent. of net income in each range Gross	¹—	¹—	9.2	6.0	3.8	4.9
Net	¹—	¹—	4.7	4.9	3.5	4.0
¹ No reliable figures available.