Mr. Robert HughesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in respect of a married man with two children(a) earning £99.20 per week gross income in April 1979 and (b) earning £300 .30 per week gross income in April 1991 and counting child benefit as negative income tax what was (i) the amount paid in income tax in pounds per week and as a pecentage of gross earnings, (ii) the amount paid in national insurance contributions in pounds per week and as a percentage of gross earnings, (iii) the amount paid in VAT in pounds per week and as a percentage of gross earnings, (iv) the amount paid in other indirect taxation, exise duties etc., in pounds per week and as a percentage of gross earnings, (v) in respect of the man in category (a) the amount paid in domestic rates in pounds per week and as a percentage of gross-earnings, (vi) in respect of the man in category (b) the amount paid in community charge in pounds per week and as a percentage of gross earnings and (vii) respectively for categories (a) and (b) the total amount paid in the categories listed above in pounds per week and as a percentage of gross earnings.
§ Mr. Maude[holding answer 30 January 1992]The figures requested are given in the table. No figures for the impact of the community charge in 1991–92 can be provided until data from the 1991 family expenditure survey are available.