HC Deb 23 January 1991 vol 184 cc248-9W
Mr. Squire

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish a table showing (i) the number of working heads, (ii) dependants and (iii) families with children facing marginal tax and benefit withdrawal rates in excess of 50 per cent., in the manner of his answer of 25 March 1988,Official Report, column 244.

Mr. Jack

The information requested is set out in the table:

Combined marginal tax and benefit withdrawal rates 1990–91 Benefit units where at least one partner works full time (000) Numbers facing combined rates of over 50 per cent.—in bands Great Britain
Per cent. Families with children Couples and single people Total
100 0 0 0
90 to 99 45 0 45
80 to 89 160 30 190
70 to 79 105 55 160
60 to 69 0 0 5
50 to 59 0 0 0

Projections based on 1985, 1986 and 1987 Family Expenditure Surveys. Uprated to 1990–91 prices, taxes and benefits. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5,000. Totals may not add due to rounding.

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