HC Deb 05 May 1993 vol 224 cc129-30W
Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the total earnings in(a) cash and (b) real terms from self-employment and employment in the manufacturing and service sectors by standard industrial classification of the earnings source in (a) 1963, (b) 1974, (c) 1979 and (d) the most recent period for which information is available; and what were the percentage changes for each sector between each of those successive dates.

Mr. Nelson

Figures for income from employment in the manufacturing and service sectors, analysed on the basis of the standard industrial classification in use at the time of publication, may be found in the following CSO publications:

1963 National Income and Expenditure 1963–73: tables 18 and 20 (wages and salaries only).
1974 (on 1968 Standard industrial Classification): National Income and Expenditure 1982 edition: tables 3.1 and 3.3.
1974 (on 1980 classification) and later years may be found in the appropriate issues of the National Accounts Blue Book, Tables 2.1 and 2.3, and also on the CSO database, which can be accessed by the House of Commons Library.

as one taxpayer and their incomes are combined. Following the introduction of independent taxation, for 1990–91 onwards, husbands and wives are counted separately. Estimates for 1991–92 and 1992–93 are based on projections of the 1990–91 survey and are therefore provisional, and detailed information on the breakdown of unearned income is not available.

Total income of top 1 per cent, of taxpayers Total unearned income of top 1 per cent, of taxpayers Total unearned income of all taxpayers Total taxpayers Number of taxpayers in top 1 per cent.
£ billion £ billion £ billion (million) (thousands)
1978–79 5.0 1.2 21.4 214
1983–84 9.7 1.9 20.4 204
1984–85 10.9 1.8 20.2 202
1985–86 12.9 2.3 20.2 202
1986–87 14.6 2.8 19.2 20.4 204
1987–88 16.4 3.1 21.0 20.8 208
1988–89 21.2 5.3 25.4 21.3 213
1989–90 24.2 7.0 35.2 21.5 215
1990–91 28.3 7.2 41.9 26.0 260
1991–92 29.0 6.5 35.2 25.3 253
1992–93 28.7 6.6 31.8 24.7 247

Estimates of income from self-employment by sector are not available.

There are no official estimates of components of personal incomes measured at constant prices.

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