§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update table 2.3 of Inland Revenue Statistics 1993 with data for 1994–95 on the basis of his budget proposals for income tax.
Shares of total income tax liability1 (percentages) Quantile groups of taxpayers 1978–79 1981–82 1986–87 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Top 1 per cent. 11 11 14 15 16 17 17 17 Top 5 per cent. 24 25 29 32 33 33 34 34 Top 10 per cent. 35 35 39 42 43 45 45 45 Next 40 per cent. 47 46 43 43 42 42 42 42 Lower 50 per cent. 18 19 16 15 15 13 13 13 All taxpayers (=100 per cent.) (£ billion) 20.3 30.5 42.8 60.2 63.4 63.1 64.9 70.6 1 Independent taxation was introduced from 6 April 1990. For years up to and including 1986–87, married couples are counted as one taxpayer and their incomes are combined. For 1990–91 onwards, husbands and wives are counted separately.