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Written question asked by Lord Willetts (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 April 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 April 2007. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 May 2007 on behalf of the Treasury.


Government Services

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) tax revenues paid by, (b) income and (c) consumption of Government services, broken down by type, of (i) a representative man and (ii) a representative woman born in (A) 2000, (B) 1990 and (C) 1980, with reference to the assumptions outlined in Chapter 4 of Long Term Public Finance Report 2006.
Answer

The spending and revenue projections given in the long-term public finance report are purely forward looking. The report does not include the type of historical analysis of lifetime tax revenues, income or consumption of government services that would be required to make the estimations outlined in the question.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
134618; 459 c1621W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Central government Personal income
Link
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