HC Deb 15 March 2000 vol 346 c185W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the total wealth of the richest(a) 1 per cent., (b) 5 per cent., (c) 10 per cent. and (d) 50 per cent. of the United Kingdom population; and in each case what proportion of the United Kingdom total this represents. [113894]

Dawn Primarolo

The figures are shown in the table:

Distribution of marketable wealth 1996 1
Wealth £ billion Percentage
Top 1 per cent. of adult population 400 19
Top 5 per cent. of adult population 800 39
Top 10 per cent. of adult population 1,100 52
Top 50 per cent. of adult population 1,950 93
Entire adult population 2,100 100
1 Provisional