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Employment: Lancashire

Mr. Evans: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Ribble Valley constituency were recorded as being in full-time employment in the financial year ended March (a) 1997 and (b) 2007. [150260]

Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 July 2007:

Personal Income

Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of total UK (a) income and (b) wealth was held by (i) each quintile of the income distribution, (ii) the top 10 per cent., (iii) the top 5 per cent., (iv) the top 1 per cent. and (v) the top 0.1 per cent.; how many persons were in each category; what the lowest level of income and wealth was in each category; and what the levels and percentages were in (A) 1979, (B) 1990, (C) 1997, (D) 2002 and (E) 2007. [149811]

Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 17 July 2007:


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Table 1: percentage shares of total equivalised disposable household income( 1,2) by quantile group for all households( 3) ; and quantile boundaries
1979 1990 1997-98 2002-03 2005-06

Quantile shares ( P ercentage )

By quintile group

Bottom

9

7

8

8

8

2(nd)

13

11

12

12

12

3(rd)

18

16

16

17

16

4(th)

23

23

23

23

22

Top

36

43

42

41

41

Top decile

n/a

28

26

26

26

All households

100

100

100

100

100

Lower percentile points for quantile groups (£ per year)

By quintile group

2(nd)

n/a

5,629

8,504

11,196

12,835

3(rd)

n/a

8,248

11,922

15,516

17,231

4(th)

n/a

11,894

16,342

20,860

23,204

Top

n/a

17,152

23,457

29,575

32,335

Top decile

n/a

22,672

30,451

38,275

42,827

Number of households per quantile ( T housand)

By quintile group

Bottom

n/a

n/a

4,909

4,868

4,956

2(nd)

n/a

n/a

4,938

4,870

4,961

3(rd)

n/a

n/a

4,909

4,869

4,961

4(th)

n/a

n/a

4,911

4,869

4,961

Top

n/a

n/a

4,908

4,870

4,960

Top decile

n/a

n/a

2,453

2,437

2,482

All households

n/a

n/a

24,556

24,346

24,799

n/a = Not available
(1) Disposable income is equal to gross income from all sources less income tax, national insurance contributions, and council tax.
(2) From 1990 this includes company car benefit and beneficial house purchase loans from employers.
(3) Ranked by equivalised disposable household income.
Source:
ONS, Expenditure and Food Survey

Table 2: percentage shares of total income for the top 5 per cent., top 1 per cent., and top 0.1 per cent. of individual taxpayers( 1) ; and percentile points
1979-80 1990-91 1997-98 2002-03 2004-05

Percentage shares of total income ( B efore tax)

Top 5 per cent.

n/a

19.4

22.4

23.3

23.8

Top 1 per cent.

n/a

8.0

10.5

10.8

11.3

Top 0.1 per cent.

n/a

2.2

3.7

3.7

4.0

Percentage shares of total income ( A fter tax)( 2)

Top 5 per cent.

n/a

17.0

20.0

19.7

20.3

Top 1 per cent.

n/a

6.5

8.7

8.6

9.1

Top 0.1 per cent.

n/a

1.8

3.0

2.9

3.1

Percentile points ( I ncome before tax, £ per year)

Top 5 per cent

n/a

30,100

39,000

49,800

52,400

Top 1 per cent.

n/a

57,200

83,700

108,000

117,000

Top 0.1 per cent.

n/a

174,000

281,000

385,000

418,000

Number of individuals per group ( T housand)

Top 5 per cent.

n/a

1,305

1,310

1,445

1,515

Top 1 per cent.

n/a

261

262

289

303

Top 0.1 per cent.

n/a

26

26

30

30

n/a = Not available
(1) Ranked by income before tax.
(2) After tax income is equal to gross income less income tax (but national insurance contributions and council tax are not deducted).
Source:
HMRC, Survey of Personal Incomes

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