§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing gross rates as a percentage of equivalised disposable income for each category and each year itemised in table R of the article on household incomes in the March issue of "Economic Trends"; and if he will add the average for all households in each tenure type;
(2) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing gross rates as a percentage of equivalised disposable income for each category and each year itemised in table Q of the article on household incomes in the March issue of "Economic Trends"; and if he will add the average for all households in each household type;
(3) what is his estimate of the gross and net council tax payable as a percentage of household equivalised disposable incomes by decile groups as defined in the article on household income in the March issue of "Economic Trends", together with the corresponding figures for rates in 1988.
§ Mr. MellorIt is not meaningful to compare unequivalised gross rates with equivalised values of income.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing the numbers of households in each of the lowest two quintiles in table 3 appendix 1 of the article on household incomes in the March issue of "Economic Trends", receiving a rate rebate of (a) 100 per cent. and (b) 50 to 99 per cent. and the numbers receiving combined housing benefit/rate relief in excess of rates.
§ Mr. MaplesThe figures are as follows:
1988 Quintile groups of equivalised disposable income Number of households Percentage of domestic rates Bottom 2nd Rate rebates 1. 100 per cent. 68 53 2. 50 to 99 per cent. 344 197 3. 0 to 49 per cent. 1,041 1,203 1,453 1,453 Households where total of rate rebate and rent rebate/allowance is in excess of domestic rates 601 489 Note: Care should be taken in the interpretation of these figures, which are subject to sampling error, and the accuracy of reporting by households, in the Family Expenditure Survey which is the source of the data. Rate rebates may not always relate to the same time period as the reported income.
Source: Central Statistical Office.
The 100 per cent. figures include any cases where reported rebates exceed the domestic rates.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table, further to the article on household incomes in the March issue of "Economic Trends", showing the increase in real disposable incomes since 1979 of the top and bottom deciles of households and the increases in the percentage of real disposable incomes taken by gross rates in each case.
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§ Mr. MellorThe analysis behind the article on household incomes has not been designed to give reliable estimates of increases in absolute income levels between two years. The remaining information is as follows.
Gross rates as percentage of disposable income in: 1979 and 1988 Decile group of households ranked by equivalised disposable income All households Per cent. Bottom Top 1979 9 3 4 1988 15 3 5 Note: Rate rebates will significantly reduce the burden of gross rates for lower income households.
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each column in each table in the article on household incomes in the March issue of "Economic Trends" the average amount of tax relief in total and per recipient.
§ Mr. MellorThe information could be produced only at disproportionate cost.
Decile groups of unadjusted disposable income 1988 Number of households Bottom 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Top All households Total rate rebate and rent rebate allowance, as a percentage of domestic rates: 100 per cent, or more 301 392 267 126 60 34 19 14 6 2 1,221 50 to 99 per cent. 107 59 42 30 18 12 12 4 2 2 288 0 to 49 per cent. 318 276 418 570 649 680 696 708 719 722 5,756 Total 726 727 727 726 727 726 727 726 727 726 7,265 Note: Care should be taken in the interpretation of these figures, which are subject to sampling error, and the accuracy of reporting by households, in the Family Expenditure Survey which is the source of the data. Rate rebates may not always relate to the same time period as the reported income. Some high income households may contain low income benefit units entitled to rebates, for example lodgers.
Source: Central Statistical Office.