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To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 11 June 2008, Official Report, columns 308-9W, on taxation: income, if he will publish an updated copy of table 14A of the Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income, broken down by the age...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 April 2009

For answer on

21 April 2009

Answered on

27 April 2009

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated April 2009:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking with reference to the Answer of 11 June 2008, Official Report, columns 308-9W, on taxation: income, if he will place in the Library an updated copy of table 14A of the Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income, broken down by the age of the households reference person in five year bands from the ages of 20 to 80 years rather than by household income deciles, for the latest year for which figures are available. (270208)""The table requested is provided here for the year 2006/07, the latest period for which figures are available. This table will also be provided to the House of Commons Library.""Average incomes, taxes and benefits have been presented with households grouped in five year bands according to age of the household reference person (HRP). To ensure that all households are classified, an age group for households where the HRP is aged 80 or over has been included. Households where the HRP is under 20 (of which there are relatively few) are classified in the same group as those where the HRP is aged 20 to 24.""The information in this response is based on the Expenditure and Food Survey, which has a sample size of approximately 6,400 households. When breaking down this sample into age bands the sub-samples become quite small. The estimates for all of the age groups are based on sub-samples of around 370-710 households. With such small sample sizes, caution should be exercised when drawing any conclusions from these estimates. As an indication of sampling variability, the 95 per cent confidence interval for average gross household income for all households is approximately ±2.8 per cent. When disaggregating the information to smaller sub-groups, such as household age groups, the sampling variability will be greater due to a smaller sample size."

Average household incomes, taxes and benefits by age of household reference person, 2006-07
	Household reference person age groups
	<25	25-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	>79	All house-holds
Average per household (£ per year)
sample number in each band	181	403	477	625	708	647	549	574	543	446	468	366	401	6,388
Number of households in the population (thousand)	872	1,620	1,903	2,502	2,788	2,474	2,177	2,232	1,975	1,547	1,652	1,262	1,832	24,836

Original income
Wages and salaries	17,713	28,822	33,988	34,435	31,895	36,387	34,005	27,071	17,298	3,794	1,670	1,083	372	23,000
Imputed income from benefits in kind	165	246	540	458	561	440	549	435	204	55	8	9	17	325
Self-employment income	840	2,611	3,907	4,300	3,880	5,329	4,447	3,632	3,403	1,405	475	130	334	3,036
Occupational pensions, annuities	—	5	77	145	171	453	1,038	2,599	6,219	7,337	6,948	5,571	4,405	2,431
Investment income	134	161	420	813	958	616	1,178	1,581	1,784	1,636	2181	1,495	1,083	1,088
Other income	619	481	148	297	432	181	75	90	56	37	59	78	120	199
Total	19,470	32,327	39,080	40,448	37,897	43,406	41,292	35,409	28,964	14,263	11,342	8,366	6,331	30,080

Direct benefits in cash
Contributory
Retirement pension	—	24	67	79	104	159	113	241	2,659	7,291	7,379	7,126	6,165	2,047
Jobseeker's allowance (Contribution based)	12	12	—	29	10	21	35	34	9	5	—	21	5	16
Incapacity benefit	21	80	131	165	231	233	480	478	472	107	85	54	61	224
Widows' benefits	—	—	21	18	20	28	40	47	10	—	—	16	—	18
Statutory Maternity Pay/Allowance	64	110	254	80	84	23	23	27	—	—	—	—	—	53

Non-contributory
Income support and pension credit	464	432	376	385	339	404	410	276	576	332	298	396	573	400
Child benefit	302	492	694	933	905	603	338	106	40	18	7	3	4	396
Housing benefit	688	672	432	510	323	353	467	366	417	440	442	423	530	448
Jobseeker's allowance (Income based)	85	46	46	58	38	47	63	48	—	—	8	12	35	38
Invalid care allowance	—	17	41	28	49	79	25	61	34	91	16	32	41	42
Attendance allowance	—	—	—	—	2	5	—	29	28	30	61	226	262	42
Disability living allowance	42	42	182	121	204	342	326	380	503	531	351	254	112	268
War pensions/War widows' pensions	—	—	3	11	—	9	34	55	6	9	47	48	134	27
Severe disablement allowance	—	1	33	29	20	33	48	57	53	26	40	68	55	36
Industrial injury disablement benefit	—	—	—	2	15	19	17	28	29	25	22	10	26	15
Student support	379	211	61	72	72	93	73	56	11	—	5	—	—	69
Government training schemes	4	—	4	6	8	14	15	7	0	—	0	0	—	5
Tax credits¹	586	695	627	735	559	373	192	44	15	22	—	—	—	311
Other non-contributory benefits²	48	34	32	24	28	31	146	32	178	230	249	253	487	125

Total cash benefits	2,694	2,868	3,004	3,286	3,012	2,872	2,845	2,371	5,041	9,158	9,011	8,940	8,488	4,580

Gross income	22,164	35,194	42,084	43,734	40,909	46,278	44,137	37,780	34,005	23,421	20,353	17,305	14,819	34,661

Direct taxes and Employees' NIC
Income tax	2,423	4,920	6,551	6,976	6,365	7,382	6,680	5,573	4,942	2,553	1,970	1,110	908	4,954
Less: Tax credits³	111	297	270	324	318	197	112	46	13	4	3	4	9	148
Employees' NI contributions	1,222	2,075	2,350	2,215	2,124	2,225	2,332	1,843	1,109	251	102	79	25	1,528
Council tax and Northern Ireland rates4	783	893	1,034	1,081	1,129	1,138	1,144	1,171	1,193	1,148	1,132	1,097	1,035	1,093
Less: Council tax benefit/Rates rebates	176	109	97	107	77	92	124	108	134	180	187	216	289	137
Total	4,141	7,481	9,569	9,841	9,223	10,456	9,919	8,433	7,097	3,768	3,014	2,067	1,670	7,290

Disposable income	18,024	27,713	32,516	33,893	31,685	35,822	34,218	29,347	26,908	19,653	17,339	15,238	13,149	27,370

Equivalised disposable income	17,931	27,706	31,953	29,475	26,853	28,972	28,275	28,594	26,814	22,165	19,840	18,101	17,286	25,831

Indirect taxes
Taxes on final goods and services
VAT	1,577	2,084	2,294	2,441	2,638	2,643	2,505	2,266	2,255	1,656	1,559	1,201	831	2,104
Duty on tobacco	488	355	417	329	374	314	334	462	185	261	201	121	82	306
Duty on beer and cider	152	148	138	132	148	160	155	140	120	79	66	34	22	120
Duty on wines and spirits	223	155	129	145	161	168	179	183	158	122	113	100	77	148
Duty on hydrocarbon oils	408	446	524	551	563	632	653	513	447	367	280	171	110	463
Vehicle excise duty	75	107	138	158	157	177	181	156	164	130	118	82	54	138
Television licences	114	124	130	125	141	126	129	126	125	124	118	4	0	111
Stamp duty on house purchase	68	207	321	188	245	123	119	154	171	156	71	67	54	159
Customs duties	27	30	31	33	35	36	35	30	30	23	21	17	14	29
Betting taxes	7	24	25	31	33	39	40	49	54	44	36	40	38	36
Insurance premium tax	24	40	45	50	54	57	59	50	53	42	45	37	24	47
Air passenger duty	7	37	16	25	46	44	28	29	44	43	32	22	5	31
Camelot National Lottery Fund	9	26	30	43	58	60	68	82	71	62	63	52	33	53
Other	19	5	24	14	23	12	24	33	16	14	37	6	3	18

Intermediate taxes
Commercial and industrial rates	250	280	288	306	326	332	321	279	276	209	195	156	127	268
Employers' NI contributions	441	493	508	540	574	586	566	491	486	369	344	276	223	472
Duty on hydrocarbon oils	151	168	174	184	196	200	193	168	166	126	118	94	76	162
Vehicle excise duty	13	14	14	15	16	17	16	14	14	11	10	8	6	13
Other	254	284	293	311	330	337	326	283	280	212	198	159	128	272

Total indirect taxes	4,305	5,025	5,538	5,620	6,119	6,062	5,932	5,510	5,113	4,050	3,624	2,646	1,907	4,950

Post-tax income	13,718	22,688	26,978	28,273	25,567	29,760	28,286	23,837	2,1795	15,603	13,715	12,593	11,242	22,420

Benefits in kind
Education	4,339	1,853	2,241	3,895	4,651	3,705	2,348	708	386	97	77	13	17	2,042
National health service	2,499	2,504	3,000	2,859	2,813	2,732	2,727	2,398	2,791	3,460	4,070	6,084	8,578	3,462
Housing subsidy	42	14	13	14	14	13	20	20	19	15	10	20	16	17
Rail travel subsidy	54	55	48	54	45	46	39	36	32	12	9	6	6	36
Bus travel subsidy	56	56	41	39	37	61	60	49	98	120	131	125	117	72
School meals and welfare milk	48	62	44	55	34	36	17	4	5	2	—	0		24
Total	7,038	4,544	5,386	6,916	7,595	6,593	5,211	3,214	3,331	3,707	4,298	6,248	8,735	5,651

Final income	20,756	27,233	32,364	35,188	33,162	36,353	33,496	27,051	25,127	19,310	18,013	18,841	19,977	28,071
¹ Child tax credit and working tax credit.
² Includes age-related payments.
³ Including tax relief at source on life assurance premiums.
Source:
Office for National Statistics

Date

27 April 2009

Reference

491 c1094-100W; 270208

House

House of Commons

Taxation: Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place in the Library a copy of table 14A from the Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income, broken down by the age of the household reference person in five year bands from the ages of 20...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

11 June 2008

Reference

477 c308-9W; 208787

House

House of Commons

Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much households headed by 25 year olds earned as a proportion of the earnings of households headed by people aged 50 to 60 years in (a) 1980, (b) 1985, (c) 1990, (d) 1995, (e) 2000, (f) 2005 and (g) 2008.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Cabinet Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 June 2008

For answer on

4 June 2008

Answered on

11 June 2008

I have been asked to reply.The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Colin Mowl, dated 11 June 2008:"The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question asking how much households headed by 25 year-olds earned as a proportion of the earnings of households headed by people aged 50 to 60 years in (a) 1980, (b) 1985, (c) 1990, (d) 1995, (e) 2000, (f) 2005 and (g) 2008. I am replying in her absence. (208790)""The table provided shows average household wages and salaries for two age bands (under 30 years old and 50 to 64 years old). Data covering ages 25 years' old and 50 to 60 years' old are not readily available. In addition the latest year for which data are available is 2006.""From 2001-02, the concept of 'Household Reference Person' (HRP) was adopted on all government surveys in place of head of household. The table is therefore presented by 'Head of household' for the years 1980 to 2000/01 and HRP for the years 2005-06 and 2006.""The information in this response is based on the Expenditure and Food Survey, which has a sample size of approximately 7,000 households. When breaking down this sample into age bands the sub-samples become quite small. For example in 2006, the age group 'under 30 years group' is based on a relatively small sub-sample of around 600 households, while the 650 to 64 years' group is based on 1,700 households. With such small sample sizes caution should be exercised when drawing any conclusions from this time series."

Average household earnings by households headed by age groups under 30 years and 50 to 64 years¹, ², ³— United Kingdom, 1980 to 20064
	Wages and salaries (£ per week)5
	Under 30 years	50 to 64 years	Earnings ratio of under 30 group to 50 to 64 age group
1980	115	128	0.90
1985	153	158	0.97
1990	243	232	1.05
1995-96	260	245	1.06
2000-01	403	353	1.14
2005-06	455	439	1.03
2006	472	485	0.97
¹ The Family Expenditure Survey was replaced by the Expenditure and Food Survey in 2001-02. ² Head of Household was replaced by Household Reference Person (HRP) in 2001-02. The HRP is largely determined by who owns or is responsible for the household accommodation, whereas in the case of a couple, the head of household was always the husband. ³ From 2000-01 estimates in this table are based on weighted data, whereas estimates before this are not. 4 From 1957 to 1993 data were collected on a calendar year basis and then from 1994-95 to 2005-06 on a financial year basis. In 2006 the Expenditure and Food Survey was collected on a calendar year basis. 5 Figures rounded to nearest pound. Source: Family Spending, Office for National Statistics.

Date

11 June 2008

Reference

477 c309-10W; 208790

House

House of Commons

Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when the next edition of The Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income will be published.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 June 2008

Reference

477 c134W; 208351

House

House of Commons

Personal Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households with a household reference person aged (a) 16 to 20, (b) 21 to 25, (c) 26 to 30, (d) 31 to 40, (e) 41 to 50, (f) 51 to 60, (g) 61 to 65, (h) 66 to 75, (i) 76...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

19 April 2007

For answer on

23 April 2007

Answered on

25 June 2007

I have been asked to reply.Figures on the 20 per cent. of median income threshold are not statistically robust as the sample sizes are too small.The available information is in the tables.

Table 1: Number of households (million) below different thresholds of median income: 2005-06 before housing costs: by age-band of household reference person
Age-band of household reference person	Below 80 per cent. of median income	Below 60 per cent. of median income	Below 40 per cent. of median income
16 to 20	0.2	0.1	0.1
21 to 25	0.4	0.3	0.1
26 to 30	0.5	0.3	0.1
31 to 40	1.6	0.8	0.3
41 to 50	1.5	0.8	0.3
51 to 60	1.3	0.7	0.3
61 to 65	0.7	0.3	0.1
66 to 75	1.5	0.7	0.1
76 to 85	1.3	0.6	0.1
Over 85	0.3	0.1	0.0

Table 2: Number of adults (million) living in households below different thresholds of median income: In 2005-06: before housing costs: by age-band of household reference person
Age-band of household reference person	Below 80 per cent. of median income	Below 60 per cent. of median income	Below 40 per cent. of median income
16 to 20	1.0	0.6	0.2
21 to 25	1.0	0.6	0.2
26 to 30	0.8	0.4	0.2
31 to 40	2.5	1.2	0.4
41 to 50	2.3	1.2	0.4
51 to 60	1.9	1.1	0.5
61 to 65	1.1	0.5	0.2
66 to 75	2.2	1.0	0.2
76 to 85	1.8	0.8	0.2
Over 85	0.4	0.2	0.1
Note:
The information is based on OECD equivalisation factors and therefore it will not be the same as any figures previously published that were based on McClements equivalisation factors.
Source:
Family Resources Survey 2005-06

Date

25 June 2007

Reference

462 c390-1W; 133834

House

House of Commons

Personal Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the median equivalised (a) net and (b) gross household income was for households where the household reference person was aged (i) 16 to 20, (ii) 21 to 25, (iii) 25 to 30, (iv) 30 to 40, (v) 40 to 50, (vi) 50...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

19 April 2007

For answer on

23 April 2007

Answered on

14 May 2007

I have been asked to reply.The available information is in the following tables.The age-bands requested are not mutually exclusive so they have been adjusted slightly in order to make them so.

Table 1: Median equivalised net household income (£ per week) by age-band of household reference person.
Age-band of household reference person	1996-97	2004-05
16 to 20	242	325
21 to 25	266	367
26 to 30	261	362
31 to 40	258	351
41 to 50	294	376
51 to 60	301	400
61 to 65	239	327
66 to 75	210	291
76 to 85	184	272
over 85	188	272

Table 2: Median equivalised gross household income (£ per week): by age-band of household reference person.
Age-band of household reference person	1996-97	2004-05
16 to 20	277	389
21 to 25	319	471
26 to 30	320	473
31 to 40	322	463
41 to 50	376	511
51 to 60	377	540
61 to 65	270	396
66 to 75	222	328
76 to 85	189	301
over 85	194	303
Notes: 1. The information is based on OECD equalisation factors and therefore it will not be the same as any figures previously published that were based on McClement’s equivalisation factors. 2. The per week values are in the prices for that particular year. Source: Family Resources Survey

Date

14 May 2007

Reference

133833; 460 c564-5W

House

House of Commons

Government Services

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,...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 May 2007

Reference

134618; 459 c1621W

House

House of Commons

Government Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the average (a) lifetime incomes, (b) lifetime tax revenues and (c) lifetime consumption of Government services of (i) men and (ii) women born in (A) 2000, (B) 1990 and (C) 1980.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 May 2007

Reference

134617; 459 c1621W

House

House of Commons

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the assumptions outlined in Chapter 4 of Long Term Public Finance Report 2006, what estimates he has made for the lifetime (a) tax revenues paid by, (b) income and (c) consumption of Government services, broken down by type, of (i)...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 April 2007

Reference

132568; 459 c991-2W

House

House of Commons

Personal Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) mean and (b) median age is of the household reference person in each household income decile.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 March 2007

For answer on

12 March 2007

Answered on

19 March 2007

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 19 March 2007:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the (a) mean and (b) median age is of the household reference person in each household income decile. (127327).""The ONS analysis 'The effects of taxes and benefits on household income' provides information about the income distribution and the characteristics of households in different parts of the income distribution. The latest analysis for 2004/05 was published on the National Statistics website on 12th May 2006 at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/taxesbenefits, while that for 2005/06 will be published on 17 May 2007. This annual analysis is based on data from the Expenditure and Food Survey, which is a sample survey covering approximately 7,000 households in the UK. Tables 15 and 15A provide information on household characteristics by income decile group.""The table below, based on the same underlying data as that appearing in Tables 15 and 15A, shows the mean and median age of the household reference person by household income decile.""The household reference person is the person in the household who owns the accommodation or is responsible for paying rent. If this ownership or responsibility for paying rent is held jointly, then the household reference person is the person with the highest income. A fuller definition is provided in the background notes.""The income decile groups are determined by ranking households according to their equivalised disposable income. The table below also shows the equivalised income boundary points which separate households into decile groups.""Equivalised incomes are standardised to take into account different sizes and compositions of households. The standard household is deemed to be a two adult household with no children, and so these equivalised incomes can be interpreted as indicating a standard of living that would be achieved by a standard household with that income.""The figures shown in the table below are based on a sample survey and are not necessarily accurate to the nearest single year of age, but nevertheless provide a good indication of how the age of the household reference person changes across the income distribution."

Mean and median age of household reference person by decile groups of ALL households, 2004-05
	Decile groups of all households ranked by equivalised disposable income
	Bottom	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	Top	All households
Decile boundary points (equivalised)		9,892	12,530	14,691	16,948	19,309	22,287	25,811	30,832	40,385
Number of households in the population (000s)	2,440	2,446	2,440	2,445	2,443	2,444	2,443	2,440	2,447	2,444	24,431
Mean age of household reference person	55	55	58	56	53	51	50	48	45	46	52
Median age of household reference person	57	57	60	57	51	50	49	48	45	45	52
Source: ONS, Effects of taxes and benefits on household income, 2004-05.

Date

19 March 2007

Reference

458 c711-2W; 127327

House

House of Commons

Personal Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update the information provided in (a) Table 50 and (b) Table 51 of Report No. 1 (the Initial Report on the Standing Reference) of the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth for the years 1980, 1985, 1990,...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 March 2007

Reference

458 c282W; 127315

House

House of Commons

Personal Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the median income for a (a) man and (b) woman aged (i) 21 to 25, (ii) 25 to 30, (iii) 30 to 40, (iv) 40 to 50, (v) 50 to 60, (vi) 60 to 65, (vii) 65 to 75,...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 January 2007

For answer on

31 January 2007

Answered on

12 March 2007

Information regarding individual earnings and income for Great Britain is available in the ““Individual Income 1996-97 to 2004-05”” publication.Consistent figures for male and female median incomes are not available prior to 1996-97. Details of median income from 1996-97 to 2004-05 for men and women are shown in the following tables:

Median total individual income, by age-band from 1996-97 to 2004-05—Men (£ per week at 2004-05 prices)
	16-20	21-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-60	61- 65	66-75	76-85	86 and over
1996-97	89	215	328	373	397	308	208	172	136	134
1997-98	98	227	328	381	400	324	222	168	140	137
1998-99	114	230	341	391	392	328	221	176	140	138
1999-2000	112	231	339	398	403	343	221	181	152	142
2000-01	130	250	362	419	411	340	234	192	155	147
2001-02	125	248	355	424	429	354	244	196	165	147
2002-03	125	246	359	422	431	360	241	201	172	162
2003-04	114	242	355	426	430	354	249	207	174	181
2004-05	98	253	360	428	439	374	252	211	183	172
Source:
Family Resources Survey—Individual Incomes

Median total individual income, by age-band from 1996-97 to 2004-05—Women (£ per week at 2004-05 prices)
	16-20	21-25	26-30	31-40	41-50	51-60	61-65	66-75	76-85	86 and over
1996-97	87	153	182	163	178	120	89	91	95	108
1997-98	88	164	185	166	172	128	99	89	97	112
1998-99	95	165	209	181	183	127	102	94	101	118
1999-2000	100	179	212	195	188	139	104	98	104	123
2000-01	106	186	226	200	204	130	102	100	106	116
2001-02	106	192	236	214	214	146	111	104	111	130
2002-03	100	198	243	223	213	158	116	108	113	129
2003-04	99	197	265	230	230	166	118	112	118	141
2004-05	99	206	255	233	236	169	129	113	131	143
Source:
Family Resources Survey—Individual Incomes

Date

12 March 2007

Reference

117852; 458 c168-70W

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend Table 3 on page 30 of Tax Credits Reforming Financial Support for Families (March 2005) so as to show marginal deduction rates of over 50 per cent. and over 40 per cent. (a) before 1998 and (b) in 2005-06.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

28 March 2005

For answer on

4 April 2005

Answered on

4 April 2005

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will extend Table 3 on page 30 of "Tax credits: reforming financial support for families" (March 2005) so as to show marginal deduction rates of over 50 per cent. and over 40 per cent. (a) before 1998 and (b) in 2005-06. [224664] Dawn Primarolo: The table is an extension of table 4.3 in "Tax credits: reforming financial support for families", and also of table 4.2 in Budget 2005 (HC 372). _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Marginal deduction rate (percentage) Before budget 1998 2005-06 system of tax and benefits Over 100 5,000 0 Over 90 130,000 30,000 Over 80 300,000 165,000 Over 70 740,000 235,000 Over 60 760,000 1,730,000 Over 50 760,000 1,900,000 Over 40 800,000 2,095,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures are cumulative. This table shows marginal deduction rates for working households in receipt of income related benefits or tax credits, where at least one person works 16 hours or more a week, where the head of the household is not disabled, and where higher earnings would lead to reduced benefits or tax credits. They include the marginal effects of income tax and national insurance contributions, and the withdrawal of housing benefit and council tax benefit. This analysis does not take into account the way in which the new tax credits will respond to rises in income. The new tax credits only respond to rises in income in the current year of more than £2,500, disregarding the first £2,500 of any rise. This means that recipients will not see their tax credits reduced as soon as their income rises, so reducing the effective marginal deduction in any one year. As a result of the Government's reforms, around half a million fewer low-income households now face marginal deduction rates in excess of 70 per cent. than did so in April 1998. The increase in the number of households facing marginal deduction rates of between 40 and 70 per cent. is primarily due to the introduction of tax credits, and more recently the extension of support to workers aged 25 or over without children. The number of heads that face an excess of 70 per cent. has fallen. This is because administrative data suggests a reported fall in the number of families on multiple tapers, i.e. non-disabled persons working more than 16 hours in receipt of tax credits and housing benefit and/or council tax benefit.

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1176-7W; 224664

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) median and (b) mean pension income was in each year since 1997, broken down between (i) state benefits, (ii) occupational pension, (iii) personal pension, (iv) earnings and (v) other sources. - Including tables.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

2 November 2004

For answer on

11 November 2004

Answered on

11 November 2004

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) median and (b) mean pension income was in each year since 1997, broken down between (i) state benefits, (ii) occupational pension, (iii) personal pension, (iv) earnings and (v) other sources. [196418] Malcolm Wicks: The information requested is in the tables. Table A: Mean incomes of pensioner units from 1996-97 to 2002-03, broken down by source income £ per week _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 All pensioner units Gross income 230 234 243 252 265 273 277 Benefit income 121 123 124 130 133 139 142 Occupational pension 59 61 63 65 70 72 74 Personal pension 3 4 4 5 7 7 8 Investment income 27 27 29 29 30 28 24 Earnings 18 18 20 21 23 25 25 Other income 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 Pensioner couples Gross income 334 340 349 357 379 392 388 Benefit income 148 149 149 156 159 165 170 Occupational pension 97 100 102 102 114 113 114 Personal pension 5 7 9 11 12 14 14 Investment income 45 47 47 47 48 46 39 Earnings 37 35 39 39 42 49 47 Other income 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 Single pensioners Gross income 165 167 176 183 192 194 203 Benefit income 104 106 109 114 115 121 124 Occupational pension 36 37 38 41 42 44 48 Personal pension 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 Investment income 16 15 18 17 19 16 15 Earnings 6 8 8 8 10 9 11 Other income 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table B: Net median income of pensioner units after housing costs £ per week _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 All pensioners 126 131 134 142 148 159 164 Pensioner couples 197 202 208 216 227 235 242 Single pensioners 88 91 95 103 109 117 122 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table C: Median values of different sources of pensioner incomes for those in receipt £ per week _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Occupational pension All pensioners 56 60 60 63 66 71 74 Pensioner couples 79 86 88 94 101 106 107 Single pensioners 42 44 45 45 48 50 55 Personal pension All pensioners 29 31 32 31 34 41 35 Pensioner couples 35 32 40 41 38 44 37 Single pensioners 23 27 21 19 29 34 26 Investment income All pensioners 6 5 6 5 5 5 4 Pensioner couples 11 10 11 10 10 9 8 Single pensioners 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 Earnings All pensioners 130 125 158 146 155 137 156 Pensioner couples 157 142 173 164 180 148 174 Single pensioners 90 97 141 104 127 120 128 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Incomes are presented as pounds per week. Figures for incomes are given in 2002-03 prices and rounded to the nearest pound. Totals may not equal their components due to rounding. 2. The Pensioners' Incomes Series analysis is for pensioner units, which are either: single pensioners (ie people over state pension age) or pensioner couples (i.e. married or cohabiting pensioners where the man is over state pension age.) Source: Tables A, B and C: The Pensioners' Incomes Series 2002-03 which is based on data from the Family Resources Survey.

Date

11 November 2004

Reference

196418; 426 c912-4W;426 c916-8W

House

House of Commons

Pensions and welfare reform

Pensions and welfare reform. Eighteenth opposition day debate. Motion negatived on division (201 to 313). Amendment agreed on division (308 to 192).

Lead member

Lord Willetts

Answering member

Alan Johnson

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Opposition days

Date

13 October 2004

Reference

425 c289-395

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the effects would be on the incomes of households in each quintile of the income distribution of raising the personal income tax allowance to £10,000 per annum. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 September 2004

Reference

424 c1197-8W;424 c1207W; 186783

House

House of Commons

Treasury

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate (a) the gross cost and (b) the cost net of savings in social security benefits. of raising the personal income tax allowance to £10,000 per annum.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 July 2004

Reference

424 c484W; 185705

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children in households with incomes below 60 per cent. of median income (a) before and (b) after housing costs (i) on the old equivalence scale and (ii) on the proposed new...

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 May 2004

For answer on

9 June 2004

Answered on

9 June 2004

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of children in households with incomes below 60 per cent. of median income (a) before and (b) after housing costs (i) on the old equivalence scale and (ii) on the proposed new equivalence scale in the latest year for which figures are available. [177557] Mr. Pond: The information is in the following table. Number of children below various thresholds of contemporary income in 2002-03 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number (million) McClements Equivalisation (60 per cent. median) Before Housing Costs 2.6 After Housing Costs 3.6 OECD Equivalisation (60 per cent. median) Before Housing Costs 2.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The Households Below Average Income (HBAI) presents statistics on the proportion of children in low income households on both the McClements and modified OECD equalisation scales. 2. The modified OECD equivalence scale focuses on income before housing costs. We are adopting this income equalisation scale for the new long-term child poverty measure from 2004-05 so we can credibly benchmark our performance internationally. 3. The existing PSA to reduce by a quarter the number of children living in low income by 2004-05 uses the McClements Equivalence scale, and reports both before and after housing costs. 4. The Government recognises the continuing interest in results for income after housing costs. HBAI, a National Statistics publication, will continue to publish results both for income before housing costs, and for income after housing costs. These will also continue to be published in "Opportunity for all". Copies of both documents are available in the Library. Source: Family Resources Survey.

Date

9 June 2004

Reference

177557; 422 c475-6W;422 c476-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the proportion of pensioners' income coming from (a) state and (b) private sources. - Inc table.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 May 2004

For answer on

25 May 2004

Answered on

25 May 2004

Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated total income for pensioners from (a) benefits and (b) private sources is since 1992; and what this figure is as a percentage. [172494] Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the proportion of pensioners' income coming from (a) state and (b) private sources. [175069] Malcolm Wicks: There is no single data source which covers pensioners' benefit and private incomes between 1992 and the present. The information provided is based on Family Expenditure Survey data between 1992 and 1996-97 and Family Resources Survey data between 1994-95 and 2002-03. Direct comparisons between information from the two surveys should not be made. The table shows the average weekly income for pensioner units (pensioner couples and single pensioners) in 2002-03 prices and rounded to the nearest pound. Private sources of income include private pension income, investments, earnings and other types of income. Both benefit income and private income have increased significantly between 1996-97 and 2002-03, with gross income rising by 20 per cent. in real terms. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Benefit income Private income Gross income £ per week Percentage of total £ per week Percentage of total Family Expenditure Survey data 1992 213 107 50 106 50 1993 212 113 53 99 47 1994-95 226 118 52 109 48 1995-96 232 117 51 115 49 1996-97 230 122 53 108 47 Family Resources Survey data 1994-95 220 117 53 103 47 1995-96 216 118 55 98 45 1996-97 230 121 53 108 47 1997-98 234 123 52 111 48 1998-99 243 124 51 118 49 1999-2000 252 130 52 121 48 2000-01 265 133 50 132 50 2001-02 273 138 51 133 49 2002-03 277 142 51 134 48 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Private and benefit income may not sum to total gross income due to rounding, and because free TV licences for over 75s are included in total income but not in either benefit or private income. 2. Percentages are calculated from unrounded cash figures. 3. Analysis consistent with Pensioners' Incomes 2002-03. 4. Family Expenditure Survey Figures are for the UK, Family Resources Survey Figures are for Great Britain.

Date

25 May 2004

Reference

175069; 421 c1586-8W

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out the distribution of original income, by quintile, in each of the past 10 years. - Inc table and text of letter from Len Cook of the Office for National Statistics.

Asked by

Lord Willetts (Conservative)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

4 May 2004

For answer on

11 May 2004

Answered on

11 May 2004

Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the distribution of original income, by quintile, in each of the past 10 years. [171582] Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. David Willetts, dated 11 May 2004: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking for the distribution of original income, by quintile, in each of the past ten years. (171582) Estimates in the following table are produced from the Office for National Statistics' analysis "The effects of taxes and benefits on household income" published on the National Statistics website on 6 May 2004 at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ taxesbenefits. The analysis includes measures of income inequality for the United Kingdom as a whole based on data from the Expenditure and Food Survey. There have been some changes in the underlying surveys and improvements in the methodology so caution is required when making direct comparisons between years. The table shows, for the UK, for 1993 to 2002/03, average original income received by all households and for each income quintile group where households are ranked by equivalised disposable income. For example, the 1st quintile boundary is the income level below which one fifth of households are estimated to lie. Equivalisation is a standard methodology that takes into account the size and composition of households and adjusts their incomes to recognise differing demands on resources. Original income is defined as income before government intervention i.e. from sources such as earnings, occupational pensions and investments. It does not include cash benefits such as the State Retirement Pension, Incapacity benefit, Working Families Tax Credit, child benefit or housing benefit. Distribution of Original Income, by quintile, 19931 to 2002-03--United Kingdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ per year 1993 1994-95 1995-96 Quintile Income boundary2 Original Income Income boundary2 Original Income Income boundary2 Original Income Bottom 1,920 2,040 2,430 6,880 7,407 7,786 2nd 5,020 5,600 6,080 9,541 10,136 10,635 3rd 12,850 13,390 13,790 13,351 14,042 14,505 4th 20,850 22,240 22,450 19,095 19,879 20,393 Top 39,370 40,330 41,250 Average for all 16,000 16,720 17,200 households 1996-97 1997-98 Quintile Income boundary2 Original Income Income boundary2 Original Income Bottom 2,310 2,520 8,032 8,507 2nd 6,450 6,760 11,344 11,922 3rd 14,710 15,530 15,521 16,342 4th 24,220 25,980 21,972 23,457 Top 44,780 47,610 Average for all households 18,490 19,680 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 Quintile Income boundary2 Original Income Income boundary2 Original Income Income boundary2 Original Income Bottom 2,940 2,840 3,090 8,785 9,171 9,790 2nd 7,260 7,680 8,820 12,504 13,173 13,808 3rd 16,570 17,170 18,570 17,193 18,212 19,029 4th 26,700 27,920 29,950 24,259 26,118 27,109 Top 51,220 54,400 55,740 Average for all 20,940 22,000 23,230 households 2001-02 2002-03 Quintile Income boundary2 Original Income Income boundary Original Income Bottom 3,410 4,030 10,356 11,196 2nd 9,140 9,610 14,670 15,516 3rd 19,240 19,320 19,910 20,860 4th 32,000 33,080 28,469 29,575 Top 62,080 60,310 Average for all households 25,180 25,270 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 1993 calendar year, 1994-95 to 2002-03 are financial years. 2 Boundary point between equivalised disposable income quintiles. Source: Office for National Statistics, based on the analysis `The effects of taxes and benefits on household income', published on the ONS website and in Economic Trends.

Date

11 May 2004

Reference

421 c270-2W; 171582

House

House of Commons

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