§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate, based on his Department's Family Resources Survey, for each of the last five financial years, the average level of(a) gross council tax bills and 340W (b) net council tax bills as a percentage of household income, for the whole population and separately for pensioner and non-pensioner households. [96676]
§ Angela EagleThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table.
Average Council Tax Bill as a percentage of average gross household income, by household type and year Pensioner households Non-pensioner households All households gross net gross net gross net 1994–95 3.7 3.1 2.0 1.8 2.3 2.1 1995–96 3.7 3.1 2.0 1.8 2.3 2.1 1996–97 3.8 3.3 2.0 1.9 2.4 2.1 1997–98 3.9 3.4 2.1 1.9 2.4 2.2 Notes:
- 1. Gross Council Tax is taken to be net of Council Tax discount but prior to any deductions to the bill resulting from the receipt of Council Tax Benefit.
- 2. Net Council Tax is taken to be Gross Council Tax as defined above, minus any Council Tax Benefit for which any member of the household is eligible.
- 3. A pensioner household is a household that contains at least one adult of State Pension age or above.
- 4. A non-pensioner household is one in which all adults are below State Pension age.
- 5. Those households who do not pay Council Tax (such as students) have not been included in this analysis.
- 6. The estimates are based on sample counts, which have been adjusted for non-response using multipurpose grossing factors that control for region, Council Tax band and a number of demographic variables. Estimates are subject to sampling error and to variability in non-response.
- 7. All percentages have been rounded to the nearest 0.1 per cent.
Source:
Family Resources Survey (Great Britain). The earliest and latest financial years for which data is available are 1994–95 and 1997–98 respectively.