(This same source shows that you might like to update your #24: the top 1% income earners pay about 30% of all income tax revenues; the top 10% income earners pay 60%).
On the home education figures, worth noting that while 1.90% is the Summer '25 overall figure for (known) EHE in England as a % of overall pupil headcount, it varies considerably by age - from 0.77% at KS1 to 3.68% at KS4.
Great post, thank you. I wish you sex-disaggregated the data, most importantly re. prison population. It astounds me how many people are surprised when I tell them that only about 5% of the total prison population are women, although people instinctively know that men commit more crime. They do not, however, realise the extent of the difference. Sex also matters for life expectancy, as women live longer, though I understand in the UK at least the gap is getting smaller, as men’s average life expectancy has increased more than women’s in recent years.
18. Median salary for a full time employee is £39,000.
19. Minimum wage is £12.71.
20. The state pension is £12,500 a year.
FTE NMW is around 24 large - double the state pension.
The state pension is basically bang on the Personal Allowance.
Median wage is around and about 3x the PA/SP.
40% IT threshold is 4x PA/SP.
(Not sure I really trust the MW number - is that London/SE only? Seems on the high side.)
On the tax side:
Income tax is about £300bn
VAT is about £170bn
NICs are about £170bn
Corporation tax is about £100bn
Altogether, the above "big 4" produce about 2/3 of tax receipts.
Source: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8513/
(This same source shows that you might like to update your #24: the top 1% income earners pay about 30% of all income tax revenues; the top 10% income earners pay 60%).
On the home education figures, worth noting that while 1.90% is the Summer '25 overall figure for (known) EHE in England as a % of overall pupil headcount, it varies considerably by age - from 0.77% at KS1 to 3.68% at KS4.
Very interesting, thank you!
Housebuilding numbers are a tad optimistic!
Great post, thank you. I wish you sex-disaggregated the data, most importantly re. prison population. It astounds me how many people are surprised when I tell them that only about 5% of the total prison population are women, although people instinctively know that men commit more crime. They do not, however, realise the extent of the difference. Sex also matters for life expectancy, as women live longer, though I understand in the UK at least the gap is getting smaller, as men’s average life expectancy has increased more than women’s in recent years.