§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give his best estimate at 1995–96 prices and in cash terms for the total amount of(a) direct and (b) indirect tax paid since 1945 by (i) a married man on average earnings with two children where only the man is working and (ii) a single person on three quarters of average earnings. [40781]
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 31 October 1995]: Tables showing the burden of direct taxes and indirect taxes on various specimen households since 1978–79 are shown in the tax-benefit reference manual, copies of which are held in the House of Commons Library. Comparable figures for both direct and indirect taxes are not available for earlier years.