HC Deb 31 March 1993 vol 222 cc301-2W
Mr. Dewar

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will update the answer of 25 February,Official Report,column 682,on the numbers of people facing different marginal tax rates, giving an estimate for 1993–94.

Mr. Burt

The information is in the tables.

Percentage increase in income-related benefits Cost for all income-related benefits £ million
2.4 820
1.1 380

Notes:

Modelled using 1988–89–90 Family Expenditure Survey, uprated to 1993–94 levels of income, prices and benefit rates.