§ Mr. RiddickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will update the figures relating to payments under a local income tax given in his answers of 13 June 1989,Official Report, columns 360–61, and 24 May 1989, Official Report, column 594.
§ Mr. ChopeUpdated figures were placed in the Library on 4 April. These show the rate of local income tax which could apply in each area were such a system introduced. The bill payable by any resident is calculated by multiplying the local income tax rate by that resident's taxable income. The figures placed in the Library show as an illustration the bill payable in each area with a taxable income of £12,800. This is equivalent to average male earnings less the single person's tax allowance.
On that basis, the figures sought by my hon. Friend are as follows—a man on average male earnings in England would pay £949 and a man on average male earnings in Kirklees would pay £1,093.