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EC Economic and Finance Council
Sir Fergus Montgomery : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the outcome of the latest meeting of the European Community's Economic and Finance Council.
Mr. Major : The ECOFIN Council met in Brussels on 13 November. I represented the United Kingdom.
The Council discussed proposals for revised decisions on the promotion of economic convergence and on co-ordination between central banks and a common position was reached on the relevant legal texts. These texts form part of the stage I programme for economic and monetary union, which the Community has agreed will begin on 1 July 1990. Future economic and monetary arrangements beyond stage I were also discussed. It was agreed that the papers discussed by the Council, including the United Kingdom's paper "An Evolutionary Approach to Economic and Monetary Union", should be forwarded for further discussion at the next meeting of the European Council in Strasbourg.
On the abolition of fiscal frontiers, outline procedures for applying VAT and excise duties to intra-Community commercial transactions were agreed, involving minimal burdens for businesses and tax administrations.
Proposals for strengthened mutual assistance arrangements between tax authorities were considered. Discussions will continue. It was agreed, at the request of Portugal, that the Commission and the Economic Policy Committee should undertake a study into the decline of household saving in the Community.
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A proposed amendment to the solvency ratios directive by the European Parliament was also discussed and will be further considered at the December meeting.Customs and Excise (Relocation)
Mr. French : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any decision has been taken about the relocation of Customs and Excise headquarters work from London and Southend ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ryder : In June 1988 the board of Customs and Excise set up an internal review to examine the scope for relocating headquarters work from London and the south-east. The review team's report is published today and I have arranged for a copy to be placed in the Library. The Paymaster General and the board of Customs and Excise have decided to accept the review team's recommendation that a substantial proportion of headquarters work should be relocated. Altogether some 1,700 posts will be transferred out of the south-east, and around 250 posts transferred from London to Southend. The number of headquarters posts in London will be reduced by about 40 per cent. to around 900, and in Southend by about 30 per cent. to 2,100. The relocation moves are planned to take place in stages over three years beginning in the autumn of 1990.
Final decisions have not yet been taken on a site or sites for relocation ; the board of Customs and Excise intends to consult staff and the departmental trade union side before reaching a final conclusion early in the new year. The board's present view, however, is that the majority of the relocated posts might be sited in Liverpool, where a small part of the Department's headquarters is already sited, and in Manchester.
These changes are expected to produce significant benefits both in terms of costs and staffing. Accommodation costs in particular will be reduced, and the opportunities for recruitment and retention of staff will be substantially improved. At least 1,300 jobs will be available for filling locally which will boost the economy of those areas eventually chosen for relocation.
Capital Investment
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the percentage rate of growth in capital investment in fixed assets for each year 1979 to 1989 in (a) manufacturing industry and (b) other production industries on the assumption that all firms transferred from the public sector to the private sector during the decade had been in the private sector from before 1979.
Mr. Norman Lamont : In classifying businesses to industries no distinction is made between the public and private sectors. Within industry groups, sectorial estimates which allow for classification changes are not available, for reasons of confidentiality. Available information for all businesses in the specified industry groups is shown in table 13.7 of "United Kingdom National Accounts" 1989 edition.
European Community
82. Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish for each and for the six original members of the EEC the average annual rate of growth in 1959-73, 1973-79 and 1979-88.
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Mr. Ryder : GNP/GDP figures for the six original members of the EEC are published by the OECD in "National Accounts Volume I 1960-1987", and for 1988 in "Main Economic Indicators".
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make it his policy to resist any extension of the European Economic Community's powers into any field for which he is responsible.
Mr. Ryder : All proposals for Community action are examined carefully as a matter of course. The Government's general approach is based on the principle of subsidiarity, namely, that action should be taken at national level unless it can be better undertaken at Community level. This approach is generally shared by other member states and the European Commission.
RPI (Holiday Costs)
Mr. Andrew Bowden : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made by the Retail Price Index Advisory Committee in its consideration of the inclusion of holiday cost expenditure in the retail price index ; and when he expects a report to be published.
Mr. Ryder : Officials are working on a paper on this difficult subject. It is hoped that the advisory committee will complete its work programme during 1990.
Income Tax
Mr. Sheerman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the effect on the Exchequer of each 1 per cent. cut in the higher rate of tax from 60 per cent. to 40 per cent.
Mr. Lilley : The 1988 Financial Statement and Budget report estimated the cost of abolishing higher rates above 40 per cent. at £965 million in 1988 89 and £2,070 million in 1989 90. These estimates did not include behavioural effects.
EC Budget
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the causes of trade with the EEC in invisibles falling into deficit in 1988 ; what is his forecast for the current year ; and how much of the deficit is accounted for by the United Kingdom's net contribution to the EEC budget.
Mr. Norman Lamont : The balance on transactions in invisibles with EC countries and institutions improved in 1988. Invisibles transactions with the EC are not identified separately in Treasury forecasts. Data on the components of invisibles transactions with the EC can be found in tables 10.1 and 10.2 of the CSO Pink Book.
Statistics
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the increase in capacity utilisation in manufacturing industry between 1987 and 1988 as a result of the increase in demand ; what is the increase in 1989 ; and if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the increase in the volume of United Kingdom imports and output of consumer, investment and intermediate goods from 1985 to 1988 and from 1970 to 1973, together with the degree of capacity utilisation and the level of unemployment in 1973 and 1988.
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Mr. Norman Lamont : The information requested on United Kingdom unemployment, imports and domestic production of consumer, investment and intermediate goods is available from the Monthly Digest of Statistics and CSO Monthly Review of External Trade Statistics, copies of which are in the House of Commons Library. Because of differences of coverage and definition, the United Kingdom production and import figures classified by end use are not sufficiently close for meaningful comparison between the two. There are no official estimates of capacity utilisation, but the CBI publishes various data on capacity in its quarterly Industrial Trends Survey, copies of which are also in the Library.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage increase in (a) the nominal value of sterling against the deutschmark between July 1985 and February 1987 and (b) the increase in wages and salaries per unit of output in (i) manufacturing, (ii) the rest of the economy and (iii) the rate of inflation.
Mr. Norman Lamont : The figures can be readily derived from the information in the Central Statistical Office databank, accessible through the House of Commons Library.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment the Goverment have made of the contribution made to cost and price inflation by excessive wage claims in the industries making internationally-traded goods ; and if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the year to last April the percentage increase in earnings, including overtime of (i) the median and quartile full-time male manual workers in footwear, textiles, clothing and mechanical engineering and (ii) the corresponding figures for non-manuals in retailing and financial and business services.
Mr. Norman Lamont : The Government's economic policy bears down on inflation through tight monetary policy. Excessive wage claims threaten job prospects.
The requested information on earnings available from the new earnings survey is published in tables 74 (for manuals) and 75 (for non-manuals) in parts C of the 1988 and 1989 reports, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the share of United Kingdom exports of manufactured goods in 1979, 1985 and 1988 which were imported in substantially the same form and the share of the rest which was imported in the form of manufactured materials and components ; and if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for consumer, capital and intermediate goods the ratio of imports to output by volume and value in 1979, 1985, 1988 and in 1989 to date.
Mr. Norman Lamont : Information on which to base an estimate of the share of United Kingdom exports of manufactured goods which were imported in substantially the same form is not available. The share of United Kingdom exports which were imported in the form of manufactured materials and components is not readily available for manufactured goods and could be obtained only at disproportionate costs.
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The definitions of consumer, capital and intermediate goods used for imports and output are not sufficiently close for ratios to be meaningful.Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage fall in the real value of the dollar against sterling and deutschmark since 1985 and the United States share of United Kingdom exports of finished manufactures in the same period.
Mr. Norman Lamont : There is no single definition of real exchange rates and bilateral real exchange rates are not published by the IMF or OECD. Series of bilateral nominal exchange rates and various price indices for the relevant countries are published by the IMF in "International Financial Statistics". Data on the destination of United Kingdom exports of finished manufactures are published by the CSO in "Overseas Trade Statistics".
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what factors he ascribes the increase in the deficit in trade in manufacturers in 1988 and 1989 to date ; what was the percentage increase in gross domestic product and in manufacturing output in 1988 ; how these increases have been reflected in the increase since 1973, 1979 and 1985 in imports and output of shoes, textiles, clothing, mechanical machinery and metal goods ; what was the 1988 increase in gross domestic product in manufacturing output and in investment in industry ; and whether he will provide similar figures for 1983.
Mr. Norman Lamont : The increase in the trade deficit in manufactures in 1988 and 1989 is the result of strong growth in investment, and the fall in personal saving. All the data requested can be found on the CSO's computer databank, which is available in the House of Commons Library.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect on imports and on exports to third countries, including the United States of a stable exchange rate between sterling and the deutschmark, and if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the percentage of United Kingdom exports of manufactures which go to third countries and the ratio of imports of manufactures from and exports to the EMS countries together with the value figures in the current year to date at an annual rate.
Mr. Ryder : The effect on exports to and imports from third countries of stability in the sterling deutschmark rate would depend on how these currencies moved against those of third countries, as well as on developments in the United Kingdom and German economies. Data on the origin and destination of exports and imports are published by the CSO in "Overseas Trade Statistics."
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the level of sterling against the deutschmark and the average for January-February 1987.
Mr. Ryder : I refer the hon. Member to table 13.1 of "Financial Statistics" published monthly by the Central Statistical Office, copies of which are in the House of Commons Library.
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Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the coverage of consumer, intermediate and capital goods in the output figures includes products which are classified on importation as semi- manufactures ; what proportion of imports of semi-manufactures and of finished consumer, intermediate and capital goods were accounted for by final demand ; and whether he will provide similar estimates based on the input-output matrix for 1985.
Mr. Norman Lamont : (a) The coverage of consumer, intermediate and capital goods in the output figures includes products which are classed on importation as semi-manufactures.
(b) No estimates exist which give the proportion of imports of semi- manufactures and of finished consumer, intermediate and capital goods accounted for by final demand, and to derive these estimates would involve disproportionate costs.
(c) To derive estimates from the 1985 input-output tables of the proportion of imports of semi-manufactures and of finished consumer, intermediate and capital goods accounted for by final demand would involve disproportionate costs, due to the lack of consistency between the industry classification of the input-output groups and the coverage of the semi-manufactures, finished consumer, intermediate and capital goods headings.
Exchange Rate Mechanism
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government have considered how the United Kingdom deficit on current account will be eliminated if sterling is locked into the ERM of the EMS in the foreseeable future ; and if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the deficit with the EEC and with the rest of the world in 1970, 1973, 1979, 1988 and the forecast for 1989.
Mr. Norman Lamont : The current account deficit will narrow as domestic demand continues to slow. The timing of United Kingdom entry into the ERM is unlikely to make much difference to this. For the balance on current account with the EC I refer the hon. Member to table 10.1 of the CSO's Pink Book. Figures for earlier years are available on the CSO databank. A forecast for the current account deficit in 1989 is published in the Autumn Statement.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make it his policy to link the £ sterling to the deutschemark within the exchange rate mechanism of the European monetary system only on conditions which ensure that British goods became and remain competitive.
Mr. Lilley : I refer the hon. Gentleman to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor's description in the House on 2 November at column 490 of the factors that will determine when the United Kingdom will join the exchange rate mechanism.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration the Government, in considering the effect of tying sterling to the deutschemark within the ERM of the EMS, have given to the effect of that on the French economy.
Mr. Lilley : I refer the hon. Gentleman to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor's description in the House on 2
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November at column 490 of the factors that will determine when the United Kingdom will join the exchange rate mechanism.Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the Government's policy on the eight conditions on which the then Government insisted in the Green Paper on the EMS Cmnd. 7405 ; how many have since been met ; and whether the Government will continue to insist on full acceptance of the eight conditions as a condition for tying sterling to the deutschemark within the ERM of the EMS.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government will publish a Green Paper on the European monetary system to examine to what extent, the reservations expressed in Cmnd. 7405 have been met.
Mr. Lilley : The Government have already set out clearly the factors that will determine when the United Kingdom will join the exchange rate mechanism of the European monetary system.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make it his policy to ensure before agreeing to enter the ERM of the EMS that the obligations on creditor and debtor countries are symmetrical as regards wages, prices, interest rates and the money supply.
Mr. Ryder : I refer the hon. Member to my earlier replies to him today.
Balance of Trade
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made any assessment of the likely effect of a reduction in the United States deficit on
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trade in manufacture on the balance of trade between the United Kingdom and the United States in circumstances where sterling was tied to the deutschemark within the EMS at not less than the current rate of exchange.Mr. Ryder : The effects of developments in the United States economy, including the trade deficit, on the United Kingdom economy are regularly assessed in the preparation of official forecasts.
Imported Machinery
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the input-output tables for 1984 and each succeeding year include as an import, depreciation on the stock of imported machinery in place.
Mr. Norman Lamont : Depreciation on the stock of imported machinery in place is not included as an import in the 1984 or 1985 input-output tables. The next set of full input-output tables will be for 1989, published in 1993.
Incomes
Sir Ian Gilmour : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish figures showing the net incomes, after income tax, national insurance contributions and child benefits, in 1979 and 1989 of single people and single-wage married couples with two and four children, at 66 per cent., 100 per cent., 150 per cent., 200 per cent. and 500 per cent. average male earnings (a) in cash terms and (b) with the net incomes of the families with children expressed as percentages of the relevant net incomes of the single people.
Mr. Major : The information is in the tables.
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Net income after income tax, national insurance contributions and child benefit (£ per week)
Percentages of average
earnings<1>
|66 per cent. |100 per cent.|150 per cent.|200 per cent.|500 per cent.
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Married couple with one earner and 2 children
1979-80 |64.97 |88.60 |125.22 |163.44 |327.96
1989-90<2> |157.03 |218.88 |317.77 |410.73 |906.63
Married couple with one earner and 4 children
1979-80 |72.97 |96.60 |133.22 |171.44 |353.50
1989-90<2> |171.53 |233.38 |332.27 |425.23 |921.13
Single
1979-80 |53.22 |76.85 |113.47 |151.30 |312.46
1989-90<2> |134.89 |196.73 |295.62 |383.99 |879.89
<1>Average earnings are those for full time males working a full week at adult rates in all
occupations. They are £109.30 per week in 1979-80 and assumed to be £275.50 in 1989-90, an
increase of 7er cent. on average earnings in 1988-89.
<2>Provisional.
Net income of one married earner with 4 children as a percentage of net income of single person
on same level of earnings
Percentages of average
earnings<1>
|66 per cent. |100 per cent.|150 per cent.|200 per cent.|500 per cent.
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1979-80 |137.1 |125.7 |117.4 |113.3 |113.1
1989-90<2> |127.2 |118.6 |112.4 |110.7 |104.7
Net income of one married earner with 4 children as a percentage of net income of single person
on same level of earnings
Percentages of average
earnings<1>
|66 per cent. |100 per cent.|150 per cent.|200 per cent.|500 per cent.
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1979-80 |137.1 |125.7 |117.4 |113.3 |113.1
1989-90<2> |127.2 |118.6 |112.4 |110.7 |104.7
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Sterling
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the influence of the interest rate differential between West Germany and the United Kingdom on the value of sterling ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ryder : I refer the hon. Member to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor's speech during the Opposition Day debate on 31 October, Official Report, column 204.
Transmission Mechanism
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his assessment of the transmission mechanism between a fall in interest rates and any increase in the rate of inflation in terms of (a) the money supply, (b) the fiscal balance, (c) labour unit costs and (d) the cost of living, including mortgage costs.
Mr. Ryder : Monetary conditions need to be considered as a whole and it is neither sensible nor possible to give precise estimates of the effects of interest rate changes working through each individual channel.
Short-term Funds
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a list showing the size of inflows of short-term funds, their contribution to the money supply and their effect on the price of assets and on the incomes of those who deal in assets ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ryder : Figures showing the inflows of funds to banks and building societies are published regularly in the Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin. Inflows into non-residents' accounts do not count towards M4. No estimates of the effects on asset prices or the incomes of those dealing in assets are available.
Consumption
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the effect at the margin of an increase in personal expenditure on consumption on the balance of payments ; and if he will publish in the Official Report his estimate of the effect of an increase of £100 in such expenditure in terms of the amount of such £100 spent of United Kingdom output of goods and services, respectively, and the corresponding increases in imports and loss of exports.
Mr. Norman Lamont : The balance of payments effect of an increase in consumers' expenditure will depend on why it has increased. For example, if higher income from domestic production is the cause, the effect on the current account may be negligible. On the other hand, with output unchanged higher consumers' expenditure would probably involve some deterioration in the balance of trade.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the increase in consumption in 1988 and the current year to date can be attributed to those in the top and bottom quartiles of incomes ; and what is his estimate of the import content in each case.
Mr. Norman Lamont : An analysis of consumers' expenditure is not available in the form requested.
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Estimates of household expenditure, by income, for 1988 will be published early next year in a report of the family expenditure survey.Imported Manufactures
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a matrix table showing for columns 6 -21 of table 2.6 in the 1989 Blue Book, together with a total for these columns, the value of imported manufactured goods less food, drink and tobacco and where possible imported services.
Mr. Norman Lamont : The information required can be obtained by simply aggregation of the imports use matrix given in table 3 of the CSO publication "Input-output tables for the United Kingdom 1985", a copy of which is available in the Library.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the extent to which the increase in imports of manufactured goods in 1988 and in the current year to date was due to lack of United Kingdom production capacity ; and if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the industries which were unable to increase output to meet the increase of demand together with a table showing in each case the volume of output and imports in 1988, the current year to date, 1973 and 1979.
Mr. Norman Lamont : It is difficult to make precise estimates of the effect of capacity constraints on manufactured imports. However, the CBI quarterly industrial trends survey reported a high proportion of firms working at capacity in 1988 and early 1989, particularly in consumer goods industries. More recent surveys have shown an easing in capacity constraints. The data requested can be found on the CSO's computer databank which is available in the House of Commons Library.
Imports and Exports
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report in constant prices and as a percentage the increase in 1972-73, 1987-88, 1970 to 1973 and 1985 to 1988 in incomes, wages and salaries, disposable incomes, consumer's expenditure, imports and exports of manufactures and consumption of durables, clothing etc. and other goods.
Mr. Norman Lamont : Information at constant prices, as constant is available, from which percentage changes may be derived, may be found in Government statistical service publications, available from the Library of the House, or on the Central Statistical Office databank, which may be accessed through the Library.
Monetary Union
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect the measures listed in paragraph 4 of "An Evolutionary Approach to Economic and Monetary Union" will have on output and employment in manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Norman Lamont : Stage 1 of economic and monetary union as described in the Delors report will
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increase freedom of trade and create many opportunities for manufacturing industry to expand its output and employment.Bank of England (Intervention)
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the inflow of funds in response to intervention by the Bank of England in the foreign exchange market in 1987, 1988 and the current year to date have been fully sterilised ; and if he will publish in the Official Report a list of the debt instruments issued for this purpose and their value.
Mr. Ryder : It is not sensible to hypothecate over or underfunding to individual components of the funding rule, such as intervention. Details of transactions in marketable Government debt are published in the Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin.
Plant and Machinery
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the Government decided to stop publishing figures for investment in plant and machinery in table 1 of the monthly digest ; and if he will publish the quarterly figures since 1987 in the Official Report.
Mr. Lilley : Publication was delayed until estimates of an acceptable quality could be prepared. It was resumed in the September edition of the monthly digest.
National Debt
Sir Peter Hordern : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the size of the national debt in (a) 1964, (b) 1970, (c) 1974, (d) 1979 and (e) at the latest convenient date.
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Mr. Ryder : Figures for the national debt are given in the table, which also shows the national debt as a share of GDP.
National debt at end of March
|£ billion |Per cent. of GDP
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1964 |30.2 |92.3
1970 |33.1 |65.7
1974 |40.5 |50.5
1979 |86.9 |46.1
1989 |197.4 |39.5
Sources:
1964 to 1979 Financial Statistics, June 1989.
1989 Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, November 1989.
Earnings Statistics
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list his estimates of the numbers and percentages of (a) all adults below pensionable age, (b) all adult men aged under 65 years, (c) all adult women aged under 60 years, (d) all single adults below pensionable age, (e) all single adults in households including three or more adults, (f) all those married women aged under 60 years whose husbands have gross weekly incomes in excess of £55.36 per week but below £150 per week, and (g) those married women aged under 60 years whose husbands have gross weekly incomes in excess of £150 per week in the following weekly income ranges : up to £53.56, £53.56 to £60, £60 to £80, £80 to £100, £100 to £120, £120 to £140, £140 to £160, £160 to £200, £200 to £220, £220 to £240 and over £240.
Mr. Lilley [holding answer 3 November 1989] : Available estimates for 1989-90 are in the tables. The estimates are based on projections from the 1986 family expenditure survey and are provisional.
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Married women by husband's income and by range of income
liable to tax 1989-90
Married women aged
under 60 whose husbands
have weekly incomes:
Range of wiOver £53.56 but lessOver £150
income (lowthan £150
£ |thousands|per cent.|thousands|per cent.
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0 |1,010 |59.4 |3,910 |50.4
53.56 |50 |2.9 |250 |3.2
60 |110 |6.5 |560 |7.2
80 |100 |5.9 |490 |6.3
100 |150 |8.8 |510 |6.6
120 |80 |4.7 |410 |5.3
140 |80 |4.7 |370 |4.8
160 |50 |2.9 |380 |4.9
200 |20 |1.2 |150 |1.9
220 |20 |1.2 |170 |2.2
240 |30 |1.8 |560 |7.2
|--- |--- |--- |---
Total |1,690 |100.0 |7,770 |100.0
Adults by type and by range of income liable to tax, 1989-90
Range of weAll adults below Adult men aged underAdult women aged undAll single adults
(lower limipensionable age 65 60 below pensionable age
£ |thousands|per cent.|thousands|per cent.|thousands|per cent.|thousands|per cent.
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0 |11,660 |33.3 |3,590 |19.7 |8,070 |48.2 |4,260 |33.2
53.56 |720 |2.1 |240 |1.3 |480 |2.9 |250 |1.9
60 |1,630 |4.7 |520 |2.9 |1,110 |6.6 |660 |5.1
80 |1,710 |4.9 |580 |3.2 |1,130 |6.7 |820 |6.4
100 |2,140 |6.9 |840 |4.6 |1,300 |7.8 |1,040 |8.1
120 |2,150 |6.1 |1,120 |6.1 |1,030 |6.1 |1,070 |8.3
140 |1,920 |5.5 |1,080 |5.9 |840 |5.0 |820 |6.4
160 |3,300 |9.4 |2,370 |13.0 |930 |5.5 |1,250 |9.7
200 |1,530 |4.4 |1,170 |6.4 |360 |2.1 |540 |4.2
220 |1,400 |4.0 |1,040 |5.7 |360 |2.1 |460 |3.6
240 |6,800 |19.4 |5,670 |31.1 |1,130 |6.7 |1,660 |12.9
|--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |--- |---
Total |34,980 |100.0 |18,220 |100.0 |16,760 |100.0 |12,840 |100.0
Mr. Blunkett : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list his estimates of the numbers and percentages of (a) all heads of household, (b) single heads of household who are over pensionable age, (c) married heads of household who are over pensionable age, (d) single heads of household who are below pensionable age and (e) married heads of household who are below pensionable age, who have gross weekly incomes, calculated to include the incomes of other members of the same tax unit, in the following ranges : £0 to £53.56, £53.56 to £65.38, £65.38 to £80, £80 to £100, £100 to £107.12, £107.12 to £120, £120 to £130.76, £130.76 to £140, £140 to £160, £160 to £180, £180 to £200, £200 to £220, £220 to £240 and over £240 ;
(2) if he will list his estimates of the numbers and percentages of heads of households in the categories listed, who have gross weekly incomes calculated to include the incomes of other members of the same tax unit, in the
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