HC Deb 10 March 1992 vol 205 cc434-5W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update the table in his answer of 12 June 1991,Official Report, columns 547–50, on taxes and benefits, to include information on 1989.

Mr. Maples

[holding answer 9 March 1992]: The information is as follows:

Taxes and benefits as percentage of income by quintile groups of households1, 1989
per cent.
RETIRED HOUSEHOLDS
Cash benefits as percentages of gross income
Bottom quintile group 88
2nd quintile group 84
3rd quintile group 78
4th quintile group 54
Top quintile group 23
Average over all groups 51
Income tax, NIC, rates and community charge as percentages of gross income
Bottom quintile group 17
2nd quintile group 12
3rd quintile group 12
4th quintile group 14
Top quintile group 20
Average over all groups 17
Indirect taxes as percentages of unadjusted disposable income
Bottom quintile group 27
2nd quintile group 20
3rd quintile group 19
4th quintile group 21
Top quintile group 17
Average over all groups 20
Benefits in kind as percentages of final income
Bottom quintile group 44
2nd quintile group 34
3rd quintile group 31

per cent.
4th quintile group 24
Top quintile group 13
Average over all groups 25
NON-RETIRED HOUSEHOLDS
Cash benefits as percentages of gross income
Bottom quintile group 49
2nd quintile group 14
3rd quintile group 7
4th quintile group 3
Top quintile group 1
Average over all groups 8
Income tax, NIC, rates and community charge as percentages of gross income
Bottom quintile group 15
2nd quintile group 19
3rd quintile group 20
4th quintile group 22
Top quintile group 22
Average over all groups 21
Indirect taxes as percentages of unadjusted disposable income
Bottom quintile group 30
2nd quintile group 24
3rd quintile group 22
4th quintile group 20
Top quintile group 16
Average over all groups 20
Benefits in kind as percentages of final income
Bottom quintile group 45
2nd quintile group 25
3rd quintile group 17
4th quintile group 11
Top quintile group 5
Average over all groups 16
1 Ranked by equivalised disposable income.

Source: CSO, from Family Expenditure Survey.