HC Deb 20 January 1989 vol 145 c357W
Mr. Allen

To as the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much a person on average earnings pays as a proportion of his total income in all direct and indirect taxes including value-added tax and national insurance.

Mr. Norman Lamont

It is estimated that a married man on average earnings with no children currently pays 39.5 per cent. of his earnings in income tax, national insurance contributions and indirect taxes (excluding local authority rates).