HC Deb 03 March 1994 vol 238 cc876-7W
16. Mr. Roger Evans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the total income tax take was being contributed by top rate tax in 1979 and the latest available year.

Mr. Dorrell

The higher rate of tax currently accounts for 24 per cent. of total income tax compared with 9 per cent. in 1978–79.

20. Mr. Bill Michie

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the cost to the average family from (i) April 1994 and (ii) April 1995 of the cumulative tax increases announced since last March.

29. Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the increase a typical family will have to pay over the next two years in taxes announced in last year's Budgets.

Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the cost to the average family from(a) April 1994 and (b) April 1995 of the cumulative tax increases announced since last March.

Mr. Dorrell

The Budget measures restore sound public finances. This is the only basis for a sustained recovery that will create more jobs and higher living standards.

22. Mr. Barnes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to compensate families on 75 per cent. or less of average earnings, following the changes announced in last year's Budgets concerning income tax and national insurance.

Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to compensate families with two children and one spouse working on average male earnings, following the increases in income tax and national insurance coming into effect in April 1994.

Mr. Portillo

Since 1979 families on three quarters of average earnings have enjoyed an increase in real net income of over 62 per cent.

Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people with earnings below the income tax threshold will be affected by the increases in indirect taxation announced in November's budget.

Mr. Dorrell

[holding answer 23 February 1994]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, East (Mr. Brown) on 14 December 1993 at column 579.

Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of the Government's tax policies on the income of a family with two children and one spouse on average male earnings.

Mr. Dorrell

[holding answer 23 February 1994]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Feltham and Heston (Mr. Keen) earlier today.