§ Sir Peter HordernTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the increase in post-tax earnings, allowing for inflation, of each quintile of earners; and how many earners are in each band, since 1979, to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. MaudeI regret that information on quintiles of earners is not readily available. The table shows earnings after tax and NIC for full-time male employees in Great Britain and assumes that no tax allowances or reliefs are available other than the personal allowance for a married man.
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Weekly interest payment1 Region Average new building society mortgages Quarter 2 1988 June 1988 9.8 per cent. interest rate Current 12.9 per cent. interest rate Increase £ £ £ £ Northern region 22,200 31.38 41.30 9.93 Yorkshire and Humberside 23,000 32.51 42.79 10.28 East Midlands 27,000 38.16 50.24 12.07 East Anglia 34,800 51.45 67.73 16.27 Greater London 54,900 89.33 117.59 28.26 South East 44,500 69.73 91.79 22.06 South West 34,900 51.64 67.97 16.33 West Midlands 28,100 39.72 52.28 12.56 North West 24,300 34.35 45.21 10.86 Wales 23,900 33.78 44.47 10.69 Scotland 24,200 34.21 45.03 10.82 Northern Ireland 24,300 34.35 45.21 10.86 United Kingdom 32,900 47.87 63.01 15.14
Earnings after tax and NIC at April 1990 prices April 1979 £ April 1990 £ Percentage increase Lower quartile 133.8 153.6 15 Median 161.1 196.3 22 Upper quartile 195.8 255.3 30 In March 1979 there were 13.1 million male employees in employment, and in March 1990 there were 11.7 million.