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Public Spending
14. Mr. William O'Brien : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a further statement about public spending levels.
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Mr. Portillo : The Government are committed to firm control of public spending to ensure that spending falls as a proportion of national income while value for money is constantly improved.
Family Tax Burden
15. Mrs. Bridget Prentice : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he estimates the cumulative tax increases since March 1993 will cost the average family from (a) April 1994 and (b) April 1995.
Mr. Dorrell : On average, the main tax-related changes will cost households around £5.30 a week from April 1994, and an additional £3.30 a week from April 1995.
24. Mr. Martlew : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of gross earnings value added tax took up for a one-earner family on average male earnings with two children in 1978-79 ; and what is the latest estimate.
Sir John Cope : I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Peckham (Ms Harman) on 19 January 1994 at columns 635-42.
Tax Evasion and Avoidance
12. Mr. Foulkes : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures he plans to reduce tax evasion and avoidance.
Mr. Dorrell : The Government are determined to do all they can to curb both tax evasion and avoidance. In line with every budget over the last 14 years, the current Finance Bill includes a substantial package of measures to tackle avoidance. And both the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise will continue under their existing powers to combat tax evasion.
Demand Level
17. Sir David Knox : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the level of total demand in the economy.
Mr. Portillo : For domestic demand, the most recent figures available are for the third quarter of 1993. By then, it had risen for six successive quarters, to a level over 2 per cent. above its trough in the first quarter of 1992. Its growth is forecast to strengthen in 1994.
Income Tax
18. Mr. Heald : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the total income tax take (a) is currently being contributed by top rate tax payers and (b) was contributed in 1979.
Mr. Dorrell : Higher rate taxpayers currently pay 40 per cent. of total income tax compared with 20 per cent. in 1978-79.
Mr. Mandelson : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will set out for each year between 1979-80 and 1988-89 (a) the total income, both earned and unearned, (b) the total national insurance contributions and (c) the total income tax paid by (i) the top 1 per cent., (ii) the top 5 per cent., (iii) the top 10 per cent., (iv) the bottom 50 per cent. and (v) all taxpayers ;
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(2) if he will publish tables showing the change in income tax in each year between 1979-80 and 1988-89 as against the 1978-79 indexed regime, broken down into the top one per cent., five per cent., 10 per cent. and bottom 70 per cent. 50 per cent. and 30 per cent., and all taxpayers, giving the number of taxpayers in each category.Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 27 January 1994] : This information cannot be provided since the relevant surveys of personal incomes do not include the necessary data on national insurance contributions and these analyses of income tax could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Ms Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many additional income tax payers there will be in 194-95 as a result of his proposal to freeze the value of personal allowances.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 27 January 1994] : About 180,000 more people will pay tax in 1994-95 under the Budget proposals than if income tax allowances had been increased in line with statutory indexation. About 1.2 million more people would pay income tax in 1994-95 if all tax allowances had been increased in line with statutory indexation since 1978- 79.
Ms. Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many more income tax payers will be paying tax at the margin of the higher rather than the basic rate in 1994-95
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(a) as a result of his proposal to freeze the pesonal allowance and (b) in addition to those under (a) , as a result of his proposal to freeze the higher rate threshold.Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 27 January 1994] : Compared with statutory indexation of the personal allowance, about 20,000 more people will pay some tax at the higher rate in 1994-95. A further 100,000 more people will pay higher rate tax compared with statutory indexation of the basic rate limit.
Taxation
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the change in taxation per individual arising from each relevant component of the 1994 Budget, both at current prices and net of indexation, for those at one half and three quarters of average earnings, average earnings, and one and a half, two, five and 10 times average earnings ; and if he will provide comparable figures for last year.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 26 January 1994] : Figures for the effects of income tax and national insurance contributions changes taking effect in 1994-95 and similar figures for 1993-94 are given in the table. The effects of indirect tax changes will vary with the spending pattern of the individual.
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Increase (+)/decrease (-) in income tax and national insurance contributions
for a single person and a married man (£ per week)
Multiples of
average earnings
|" |3/4 |1 |1" |2 |5 |10
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1994-95
Relative to 1993-94 tax system
Single person
Income tax |-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48
NICs |1.23 |2.17 |3.10 |4.56 |4.56 |4.56 |4.56
Married man
Income tax |1.17 |1.17 |1.17 |6.13 |6.13 |6.13 |6.13
NICs |1.23 |2.17 |3.10 |4.56 |4.56 |4.56 |4.56
Relative to indexed 1993-94 tax system
Single person
Income tax |-0.05|-0.05|-0.05|1.60 |1.60 |1.60 |1.60
NICs |1.30 |2.24 |3.17 |4.18 |4.18 |4.18 |4.18
Married man
Income tax |1.80 |1.80 |1.80 |7.71 |8.52 |8.52 |8.52
NICs |1.30 |2.24 |3.17 |4.18 |4.18 |4.18 |4.18
1993-94
Relative to 1992-93 tax system
Single person
Income tax |-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48
NICs |-0.14|-0.14|-0.14|1.21 |1.21 |1.21 |1.21
Married man
Income tax |-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48|-0.48
NICs |-0.14|-0.14|-0.14|1.21 |1.21 |1.21 |1.21
Relative to indexed 1992-93 tax system
Single person
Income tax |0.05 |0.05 |0.05 |2.33 |2.33 |2.33 |2.33
NICs |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Married man
Income tax |0.29 |0.29 |0.29 |0.29 |2.71 |2.71 |2.71
NICs |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00 |0.00
Note:
1. Average earnings are assumed to be £359.90 per week in 1993-94 and £374.30
per week in 1994-95. Taxpayers are assumed to have no reliefs other
than the standard tax allowances, to have no sources of income other than
earnings and to pay national insurance contributions at the contracted-in
rate.
Mr. Dewar : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Glasgow,
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Garscadden of 3 November, Official Report, column 257, how many of the estimated 1.9 million families with children below the income tax threshold in 1993-94 are in paid work.Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 1 February 1994] : Approximately 0.7 million families with children below the income tax threshold in 1993- 94 had some earnings from employment or self-employment.
Taxation (Proportion of GDP)
19. Mr. Spellar : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the percentage of gross national product taken in all forms of taxation ; and what were comparable figures for 1979, 1974, 1970 and 1966.
Mr. Dorrell : Taxes and social security contributions are forecast to be equivalent to 34 per cent. of GDP in 1993-94. The comparable figure in 1978-79 was 34 per cent. ; in 1973-74, 33 per cent. ; in 1969-70, 37 per cent. ; and in 1965-66, 31 per cent.
26. Mr. Kevin Hughes : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate what the nation's tax burden as a percentage of GDP will be in 1998-99 ; and what this figure was in 1978-79.
Mr. Dorrell : On the basis of the medium term fiscal projections shown in the latest "Financial Statement and Budget Report", non-North sea taxes and social security contributions would be 38 per cent. of non-oil GDP in 1998-99, when the PSBR is projected to represent a per cent. of GDP. The comparable figure for 1978-79, when the PSBR represented 5 per cent. of GDP, was 34 per cent.
Budget Representations
20. Mr. Winnick : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the most recent representations he has received over the effect of the Budget on families.
Sir John Cope : A number of letters have been received about the impact of the Budget on family finances.
VAT (Fuel)
21. Mr. Canavan : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations he has now received about his proposals to impose value added tax on domestic fuel and power.
Sir John Cope : I have received a large number of representations.
Illegal Drugs
22. Mr. Mackinlay : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review his Department's relationship with police authorities in the combating of illegal drug importation.
Sir John Cope : Customs and the police co-operate closely and successfully through frequent joint operations and their joint staffing of the National Criminal Intelligence Service. The distinct responsibilities of Customs and police, and the arrangements for co-operation, are kept under regular review.
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Insurance Tax
23. Mr. Dowd : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has had concerning his plans to impose taxation on all domestic insurance premiums.
Sir John Cope : Treasury Ministers have received a number of representations about the introduction of insurance premium tax. These have been primarily from the insurance industry about the practical implementation of the tax. There have also been some more general representations concerning the scope of the tax.
Tax Levels
25. Mr. Skinner : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of income for those on average wages was taken in taxation in (a) 1979 and (b) 1993.
Mr. Dorrell : I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Barrow in Furness (Mr. Hutton).
Manufacturing Output
27. Mr. Burns : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the latest manufacturing output figures.
Mr. Portillo : Manufacturing output in the three months to November was up 0.8 per cent. on the previous three months and up 1.8 per cent. on a year earlier. Business surveys point to further increases in the months ahead.
Car Industry
29. Mr. Fabricant : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what economic factors he attributes the performance of the British car manufacturing industry ; and what comparison he has made with the performance of similar manufacturers elsewhere in Europe.
Mr. Portillo : Car production in the United Kingdom rose by 6 per cent. in 1993 despite depressed car markets in continental Europe, the fastest growth in any calendar year since 1988. By contrast car production has fallen very sharply in France, Germany and Italy. The United Kingdom car industry's performance has benefited from the Government's policies of low inflation and sound public finances, and by its own efforts to control costs.
Government Debt
Mr. Livingstone : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what growth in the budget deficit would occur if growth in gross domestic product was only 2 per cent. per annum after 1994 ; what would be the total level of Government debt as a proportion of gross domestic product in each of the next five years on that assumption ; and what proportion of the budget deficit in each of the next five years will be incurred by revenue spending at current prices ;
(2) what changes there would be in the budget deficit at a rate of growth in gross domestic product after 1994 of (a) zero per cent., (b) 1 per cent., (c) 2 per cent., (d) 3 per cent. and (e) 4 per cent. ; what would be the total level of Government debt as a proportion of gross domestic product in each of the next five years on these assumptions ; and what proportion of the budget deficit in each of the next five years would be incurred by revenue spending at current prices.
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Mr. Portillo : Table 2.5 of the 1994-95 "Financial Statement and Budget Report" shows projections to illustrate the effects on the public sector borrowing requirement of higher or lower growth than the main growth projection in the medium term financial strategy, assuming unchanged policies. On those assumptions public sector net debt would fall to around 36 per cent. of GDP by 1998-99 in the higher growth case illustrated in the FSBR, and it would rise to around 47 per cent. of GDP in the lower growth case. Tables 2.2 and 2.3 of the FSBR set out the main projections and show details of Government revenues and spending, and the current balance of the public sector, over the next five years.
Cash Dispensers and Credit Cards
Sir Keith Speed : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the protection of the rights of individuals and companies in cases of disputes involving automatic cash dispensers or credit cards ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Nelson : The Government believe that the code of banking practice and the banking ombudsman scheme provide an adequate framework in which disputes about banking services can be resolved.
Sir Keith Speed : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions his Department has had with the joint stock banks over the problems of phantom withdrawals from cash dispensers.
Mr. Nelson : The Treasury has had no recent discussions with the banks on this issue, but officials do keep in regular contact with the Association of Payment Clearing Services who keep them informed about what the banks are doing to improve further the security and reliability of their systems.
Touche Ross
Mr. Darling : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his Department or any agencies for which he is responsible has engaged the services of the firm Touche Ross or any of its partners since 1 July 1993.
Incomes
Sir David Knox : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentages of earnings, plus child benefit where appropriate, were taken in income tax and national insurance contributions from each of (a) a single person, (b) a single wage married couple with two children and (c) a single wage married couple with four children at (i) half average male manual earnings, (ii) three quarters male manual earnings, (iii) average male manual earnings and (iv) twice male manual earnings, in the tax years 1990-91 and 1992-93 ; and what the comparable figures are expected to be for 1993-94.
Mr. Dorrell : The information is in the tables :
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Income tax and national insurance contributions<1>
as a percentage of gross earnings plus child benefit
<2>Multiple |Single |Married, one |Married, one
of average |earner, with |earner,with
earnings |two children |four children
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1990-91
" |19.5 |11.4 |10.3
3/4 |24.4 |18.4 |17.1
1 |26.8 |22.1 |20.9
2 |28.8 |25.4
1992-93
" |17.6 |10.3 |9.3
3/4 |23.1 |17.5 |16.4
1 |25.8 |21.4 |20.3
2 |28.2 |25.3
1993-94
" |17.7 |10.7 |9.7
3/4 |23.2 |17.7 |16.6
1 |25.9 |21.5 |20.4
2 |28.7 |25.6 |24.9
<1>National Insurance contributions are at the standard class 1 rate
for
employees not contracted-out of the state additional (earnings
related) pension scheme. Tax is calculated assuming no allowances
or reliefs are available other than the standard allowance.
<2>Average earnings are taken to be the average gross weekly manual
earnings of full-time males on adult rates with pay unaffected by
absence. These are £244.50 and £272.00 in 1990-91 and 1992-93
respectively. In 1993-94 these are estimated to be £281.50 using an
illustrative growth rate of 3.5 per cent.
Sir David Knox : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing tax-free incomes, defined as income tax thresholds plus child benefits, as percentages of average male manual earnings for single wage families with one, two, three and four children in each year since 1979-80.
Mr. Dorrell : The figures in the table give the levels of income at which there is no net deduction from income, after allowing for the effect of tax allowances, tax rates and child benefit.
Break-even point<1> for a married man expressed as a percentage
of
average male manual earnings<2>
|With one |With two |With three|With four
|child |children |children |children
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<3>1978-79 |49.2 |61.8 |74.1 |87.0
1979-80 |50.8 |64.2 |77.5 |90.9
1980-81 |48.2 |60.6 |73.0 |85.4
1981-82 |45.5 |58.5 |71.4 |84.4
1982-83 |47.9 |61.3 |74.7 |88.1
1983-84 |50.5 |64.3 |78.2 |92.0
1984-85 |52.5 |66.5 |80.5 |94.5
1985-86 |53.2 |67.0 |80.6 |94.3
1986-87 |53.0 |66.7 |80.3 |93.9
1987-88 |51.9 |65.9 |79.9 |93.9
1988-89 |51.8 |65.7 |79.6 |93.5
1989-90 |50.1 |63.0 |75.9 |88.7
1990-91 |49.0 |60.9 |72.7 |84.6
1991-92 |50.5 |61.9 |73.2 |84.6
1992-93 |53.5 |65.0 |76.5 |87.9
<4>1993-94 |52.9 |64.4 |75.9 |87.4
<1> The level of earnings at which income tax paid is equal to
the money
received through child benefit.
<2> Full-time males paid at adult rates working a full week.
<3> First two children aged under 11 ; third aged between 11 and
15 and
fourth aged 16 or over.
<4> Assuming that the husband receives the full married couple's
allowance. Provisional.
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Africa (Structural Adjustment Programmes)
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list those African countries currently participating in International Monetary Fund and/or World bank structural adjustment programmes.
Mr. Nelson : Twenty-five African countries currently have IMF and/or World bank structural adjustment programmes. Sixteen have IMF programmes : Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, The Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethopia, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. In addition, Sierra Leone and Zambia have rights accumulation programmes of structural adjustment which earn rights towards IMF resources. Twenty have World bank programmes : Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Egypt, Ethopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Statutory Sick Pay
Mr. Ingram : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide figures for the amount his Department has been reimbursed by the Department of Social Security in respect of statutory sick pay provision for each of the past three years.
Mr. Nelson : That amount reimbursed by the Department of Social Security to the Treasury in respect of statutory sick pay is £39, 335.25 in 1993-94 to date, and £53,964.41 in 1992-93. Figures for earlier years are not available.
Bank of Credit and Commerce International
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh, Central (Mr. Darling), of 26 November 1992, Official Report, column 750, what further inquiry he has made into the BCCI accounts to ascertain whether they facilitated arms deals with Iraq.
Mr. Nelson : None. The examination of the facts relating to the export to Iraq of defence equipment and dual use goods is a matter for Lord Justice Scott's inquiry.
Cheque Clearing
Mr. Nigel Griffiths : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to investigate the cheque-clearing practices of high street banks.
Mr. Nelson : None. The cheque-clearing practices of the high street banks are a matter of contract between banks and their customers.
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Mortgage Interest Relief
Ms Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total number of recipients of mortgage interest tax relief is expected to be in 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96 ; and if he will make a statement of the effects on them of the reductions in the rate of relief announced in the March and November 1993 Budgets.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 26 January 1994] : Working assumptions based on recent trends are shown in the table. Also shown as the average reduction in the relief as well as the saving on an average mortgage as a result of interest rate reductions since October 1990.
|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96
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Numbers of single people and married
couples with mortgages (millions) |9.9 |10.0 |10.1
Average reduction in mortgage interest
relief (£ per month) |- |7.16 |14.89
Benefit on an average mortgage from
interest reduction since October 1990
(£ per month) |160 |160 |160
Personal Allowance
Ms Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the value of the personal allowance against income tax in 1978-79 prices in 1978-79, 1984-85 and 1988-89 ; and what are his estimates for 1993-94 and under his Budget proposal for 1994-95.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 27 January 1994] : The information is as follows :
|Personal allowance
|for a single person
|at
|1978-79 prices (£)
------------------------------------------------------------
1978-79 |985
1984-85 |1,135
1988-89 |1,225
1993-94<1> |1,245
1994-95<1> |1,205
<1>Assuming that prices increase by 2 per cent. in 1993-94
and 3.25 per
cent. in 1994-95 in line with the illustrative assumptions
in the Financial
Statement and Budget Report 1994-95.
Inland Revenue Statistics
Ms Harman : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update table 2.4 of Inland Revenue Statistics 1993 with data for 1994-95 on the basis of his budget proposals for income tax.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 27 January 1994] : The information is given in the table. Estimates for 1992-93 onwards are based on a projection of the 1991-92 survey of personal incomes.
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Total income tax liabilities, by range of total income tax
Percentages
Range of total 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95
income tax
(lower limit) |Taxpayers |Tax |Taxpayers |Tax |Taxpayers |Tax |Taxpayers |Tax |Taxpayers |Tax
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1 |4.1 |0.1 |4.0 |0.1 |4.7 |0.1 |4.7 |0.1 |4.3 |0.1
100 |14.6 |1.9 |14.6 |1.8 |16.2 |1.8 |16.9 |1.9 |15.2 |1.6
500 |17.2 |5.6 |15.7 |4.8 |14.9 |4.4 |14.2 |4.1 |14.1 |3.8
1,000 |15.9 |8.6 |14.9 |7.6 |13.8 |6.8 |13.3 |6.4 |13.0 |5.8
1,500 |12.2 |9.2 |13.0 |9.2 |12.3 |8.6 |11.5 |7.8 |10.8 |6.8
2,000 |9.4 |9.2 |9.4 |8.6 |8.8 |7.9 |9.2 |8.0 |9.4 |7.6
2,500 |6.6 |7.8 |6.8 |7.6 |6.6 |7.3 |6.8 |7.3 |7.1 |7.0
3,000 |8.0 |12.1 |9.1 |12.8 |9.1 |12.6 |9.4 |12.6 |10.2 |12.8
4,000 |4.9 |9.5 |4.5 |8.1 |5.0 |8.8 |5.2 |9.0 |5.7 |9.2
5,000 |4.7 |13.9 |5.4 |14.7 |5.8 |15.6 |6.0 |15.8 |6.7 |16.6
10,000 |2.3 |22.2 |2.6 |24.7 |2.8 |26.0 |3.0 |27.0 |3.5 |28.7
|_______ |_______ |_______ |_______ |_______ |_______ |_______ |_______ |_______ |_______
Total |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0 |100.0
Total income tax liabilities, all taxpayers
|Numbers |Amounts
|(Millions) |(£ billion)
------------------------------------------------
1990-91 |26.3 |60.4
1991-92 |25.9 |63.5
1992-93 |25.3 |63.2
1993-94 |25.3 |65.0
1994-95 |25.5 |70.7
Tax Changes
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update, to take account of the 1994 Budget, the information on tax changes contained in his answer to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) of 21 October 1986, Official Report, columns 812-14.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 31 January 1994] : Readily available information on the annual reduction in income tax liability, compared with the 1978-79 indexed regime is given in the tables. The 1978- 79 regime has been indexed by reference to the statutory formula and allowing for independent taxation. For the purpose of these calculations the indexed regime of 1978-79 is applied directly to the later income base. In practice, retention of the regime, indexed as appropriate, for the intervening years would have led to changes in the income base.
Average reduction in income tax per individual<1> in 1993-94 compared
with the 1978-79 indexed regime
Range of |Number of |Total |Average
individual's
income in 1993-1994 |individuals |reduction |reduction
|1993-94<1>
(£) |(million) |(£ million) |(£ per annum)
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Under 5,000 |3.30 |460 |140
5,000 to 10,000 |8.20 |3,100 |380
10,000 to 15,000 |6.10 |4,600 |740
15,000 to 20,000 |3.90 |4,300 |1,080
20,000 to 30,000 |3.20 |5,200 |1,600
30,000 to 50,000 |1.30 |3,400 |2,540
50,000 to 80,000 |0.31 |2,500 |7,910
Over 80,000 |0.18 |8,400 |47,700
|------- |------- |-------
Total |26.70 |31,800 |1,200
<1> Individuals liable to income tax under the 1978-79 indexed regime.
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Average reduction in income tax per individual<1> in 1994-95 compared
with the 1978-79 indexed regime
Range of |Number of |Total |Average
individual's
income in 1994-95 |individuals |reduction |reduction
|1994-95<1>
(£) |(million) |(£ million) |(£ per annum)
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Under 5,000 |3.10 |390 |130
5,000 to 10,000 |8.10 |2,900 |360
10,000 to 15,000 |6.10 |4,100 |680
15,000 to 20,000 |4.00 |4,000 |1,000
20,000 to 30,000 |3.50 |5,100 |1,470
30,000 to 50,000 |1.50 |3,200 |2,160
50,000 to 80,000 |0.34 |2,400 |7,190
Over 80,000 |0.20 |9,300 |47,500
|------- |------- |-------
Total |26.80 |31,400 |1,200
<1> Individuals liable to income tax under the 1978-79 indexed regime.
Earnings Statistics
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update to 1994-95 the information on real net earnings provided in his answer to the hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) of 10 April 1986, Official Report, columns 193-94.
Mr. Dorrell [holding answer 31 January 1994] : Estimates for 1994-95 are as follows :
Income Tax and Income Tax +NIC-<1> as percentages of gross
earnings
|2/3 |1 |2 |5 |10
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Multiples of average earnings<2>
Single
Tax |17.2 |19.8 |26.9 |34.8 |37.4
Tax+NIC |25.4 |28.6 |32.1 |36.8 |38.4
Married without children
Tax | 14.6|18.0 |26.1 |34.4 |37.2
Tax+NIC |22.7 |26.8 |31.2 |36.5 |38.2
Real net earnings after Income Tax and NIC (1956-57=100)
Multiples of average earnings<2>
Single |181.0 |183.9 |191.4 |223.2 |288.3
Married without children |176.5 |176.6 |186.8 |218.6 |282.8
<1> At the contracted-in rate.
<2> Full time adult males (all occupations).
Payroll Giving
Mr. Beith : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employees have registered with the Inland Revenue payroll giving schemes run by employers, pursuant to section 202 of the Taxes act 1988 ; how many employees
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contributed to charities via a payroll giving scheme ; and what was the total amount contributed in the tax year 1992-93.Mr. Dorrell : The information is as follows :
|1992-93
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Schemes in force at end of period |6,638
Donors (thousands) |<1>280
Gross amounts donated (£ million) |13
<1>The figure includes only the number of donors
at the end of the
period.
Council Tax
Mr. Tony Banks : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many appeals against council tax valuations in each London borough have been (a) received and (b) settled ; and how many of those settled resulted in a reduced council tax valuation ;
(2) how many appeals against council tax valuations in each London borough have been settled in the last six months ; and what was the average cost of settling each appeal.
Mr. Nelson [holding answer 2 February 1994] : The number of appeals received in each of the London boroughs during the initial appeal period up to 30 November 1993 and the numbers settled in the six month period to 31 December 1993 are as shown.
The estimated average cost of processing a council tax appeal in the current financial year in England is £115. This estimate includes Valuation Office Agency and valuation tribunal costs.
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Statistics relating to settlements which have resulted in a lower council tax band are not available centrally.
|Received|Settled
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Barking and Dagenham |652 |78
Havering |3,015 |552
Bromley |8,056 |1,214
Croydon |5,695 |1,020
Sutton |2,862 |523
City of London |200 |15
Ealing |5,480 |1,234
Hounslow |3,716 |805
Barnet |7,214 |1,214
Enfield |5,532 |721
Haringey |5,768 |1,127
Bexley |3,906 |653
Greenwich |3,745 |301
Lewisham |3,056 |402
Brent |3,484 |578
Harrow |2,634 |480
Hillingdon |2,777 |577
Hackney |3,213 |564
Islington |4,943 |894
Hammersmith and Fulham |5,220 |1,255
Kensington and Chelsea |10,093 |1,924
Lambeth |6,733 |797
Southwark |5,168 |684
Camden |7,322 |1,302
City of Westminster |8,095 |1,672
Redbridge |3,730 |550
Waltham Forest |1,943 |287
Newham |1,511 |395
Tower Hamlets |1,961 |289
Kingston upon Thames |2,304 |439
Merton |2,236 |318
Richmond upon Thames |4,642 |897
Wandsworth |2,436 |354
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ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Photographs
Mr. Boyes : To ask the Attorney-General what plans he has to buy or borrow photographs ; and if he will make a statement.
The Attorney-General : The Crown Prosecution Service is obtaining copies of photographs of three former Directors of Public Prosecutions to complete a set of former directors in their headquarters office.
Public Interest Immunity Certificate
Sir Thomas Arnold : To ask the Attorney-General, pursuant to his answer of 13 January, Official Report, column 640, if he will list the leading authorities concerning the duty of a Minister to sign a public interest immunity certificate.
The Attorney-General : I refer the hon. Member to the following publications for a consideration of the leading authorities : The "Supreme Court Practice 1993" vol. 1. paragraph 24/5/15 at pages 451-453, and "Archbold Criminal Pleading Evidence and Practice 1993" vol. 1 chapter 12 paragraphs 12-22 to 12-33 at pages 1/1579 to 1/1587. Copies of these extracts have been placed in the Library.
Paintings and Photographs
Mr. Boyes : To ask the Attorney-General how many (a) paintings and (b) photographs there are on the walls of his rooms.
The Attorney-General : There are eight paintings, and 156 photographs mainly of former Law Officers, on the walls of the Attorney- General's chambers.
West Midlands Serious Crime Squad
Mr. Mullin : To ask the Attorney-General if he will list (a) the cases in which charges have been dropped and (b) the convictions quashed since the decision by the chief constable of the West Midlands to disband the West Midlands serious crime squad.
The Attorney-General : There is no central record of cases involving officers of the West Midlands serious crime squad. Inquiries amongst relevant CPS staff have identified no such cases which have been dropped by the prosecution, but have identified 23 appellants whose appeals have been allowed by the Court of Appeal. The inquiries covered the period from 15 August 1989.
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