Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to charts 1a and 1b of his Department's publication, Impact of Covid-19 on working household incomes: distributional analysis as of May 2020, published on 8 July 2020, if he will publish tables containing the data that is represented in those charts.
The requested data is set out in Tables 1.A and 1.B below.
Table 1.A: Percentage change in household income, by working household net income decile, as of May 2020
Equivalised Net Income Decile | Earnings and job losses | Hypothetical earnings losses for furloughed employees in the absence of the CJRS | Existing tax and welfare stabilisers | Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) | Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) | COVID-19 additional welfare support | Overall % change in working household net incomes from February 2020 |
Bottom Decile | -11.4% | -17.5% | 2.7% | 14.0% | 9.6% | 6.1% | 3.4% |
2 | -10.7% | -18.2% | 3.5% | 14.5% | 6.1% | 3.3% | -1.5% |
3 | -8.6% | -21.6% | 2.3% | 16.9% | 5.9% | 1.6% | -3.4% |
4 | -8.7% | -22.5% | 2.6% | 17.4% | 4.8% | 0.9% | -5.5% |
5 | -9.3% | -20.2% | 2.8% | 15.4% | 4.3% | 0.4% | -6.6% |
6 | -9.6% | -21.1% | 2.8% | 16.0% | 4.6% | 0.2% | -7.1% |
7 | -10.3% | -20.5% | 3.4% | 15.3% | 4.6% | 0.2% | -7.3% |
8 | -11.6% | -20.3% | 4.2% | 14.7% | 3.9% | 0.1% | -9.0% |
9 | -11.4% | -15.8% | 4.4% | 10.6% | 3.8% | 0.0% | -8.4% |
Top Decile | -18.2% | -13.9% | 9.9% | 6.7% | 1.4% | 0.0% | -14.1% |
All working households | -12.0% | -18.4% | 4.7% | 13.0% | 4.1% | 0.7% | -7.9% |
Table 1.B: Change in household income, £ per week, by working household net income decile, as of May 2020
Equivalised Net Income Decile | Earnings and job losses | Hypothetical earnings losses for furloughed employees in the absence of the CJRS | Existing tax and welfare stabilisers | Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) | Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) | COVID-19 additional welfare support | Overall change in working household net incomes from February 2020 |
Bottom Decile | -£42 | -£64 | £10 | £51 | £35 | £22 | £12 |
2 | -£52 | -£88 | £17 | £70 | £29 | £16 | -£7 |
3 | -£48 | -£121 | £13 | £95 | £33 | £9 | -£19 |
4 | -£55 | -£142 | £16 | £110 | £30 | £6 | -£35 |
5 | -£67 | -£144 | £20 | £111 | £31 | £3 | -£47 |
6 | -£77 | -£169 | £23 | £128 | £37 | £1 | -£57 |
7 | -£95 | -£189 | £32 | £142 | £42 | £2 | -£68 |
8 | -£120 | -£210 | £43 | £152 | £40 | £1 | -£93 |
9 | -£135 | -£186 | £52 | £125 | £44 | £0 | -£99 |
Top Decile | -£330 | -£251 | £178 | £122 | £25 | £1 | -£255 |
All working households | -£102 | -£156 | £40 | £111 | £35 | £6 | -£67 |