§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average income tax paid per household was in each of the last four years in(a) current and (b) 1997 prices. [26227]
§ Dawn PrimaroloEstimates of the average income tax liability per household in the UK over the past four tax years are shown in the table.
Income tax paid by UK households Tax- year Average income tax liabilities (£) Average income tax at 1997 prices1 (£) Average income tax as a percentage of gross household income 1997–98 3,300 3,300 15.1 1998–99 3,600 3,500 15.1 1999–2000 3,750 3,550 15.0 2000–01 3,950 3,650 15.1 1 Using the GDP deflator at market prices These figures have been calculated using estimates of income tax liabilities based on the Survey of Personal Incomes, and estimates of the number of households based on the Labour Force Survey. Gross household income estimates are taken from Family Spending.
§ Mr. SalterTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much more in income tax the average pensioner would pay if all the spending increases announced in the 2002 Budget were funded from income tax rather than national insurance contributions; [53609]
(2) by how much income tax would have to rise to fund the 2002 Budget increases for the NHS and other public services if income tax were used instead of the increases in national insurance. [53607]
§ Dawn PrimaroloI refer my hon. Friend to table A.1 in the Financial Statement and Budget Report, April 2002, for the yield from additional national insurance contributions. The direct effects of illustrative changes in income tax are given in table 4 of the "Tax Ready Reckoner and Tax Reliefs" published in November 2001, a copy of which is held in the Library of the House. This table will be updated in the statistics area of the Inland Revenue website on 31 May. The amount of income tax that any individual would pay depends upon how the additional income tax is levied.