§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the annual average income of wage earners and the proportion of that income taken in direct tax on the basis of the single person's rate each year since 1986. [92683]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 26 July 1999]: The information requested is as set out.
Annual average earnings1 Percentage of income taken in tax for a single person with average earnings1 1986–87 8,811 21.3 1987–88 9,516 20.1 1988–89 10,405 18.7 1989–90 11,406 18.9 1990–91 12,384 19.8 1991–92 13,299 18.8 1992–93 13,985 18.1 1993–94 14,435 18.2 1994–95 14,877 18.2 1995–96 15,376 18.2 1996–97 16,016 17.4 1997–98 16,679 16.7 1998–99 17,372 16.7 1999–2000 18,129 16.4 1 Average earnings are median earnings for all full-time employees where pay was unaffected by absence, from the New Earnings Survey 2 Based on the 1998 New Earnings Survey uprated in line with the 1999 Budget forecast.