Release

The effects of taxes and benefits on household income, disposable income estimate: financial year ending 2019

Release date: 5 March 2020 9:30am

Summary

Examines how taxes and benefits redistribute income between various groups of households in the UK. The study shows where different types of households and individuals are in the income distribution and looks at the changing levels of income inequality over time.

Publications

Data

  • Effects of taxes and benefits on household income

    Average annual incomes, taxes and benefits, and household characteristics of retired and non-retired households in the UK. Data for financial years, by quintile and decile groups, country and region and tenure type.

Contact details

Name

Dominic Webber

Email

hie@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)1633 456246

Changes to this release date

  1. Previous date

    16 January 2020 9:30am

    Reason for change

    Further quality assurance is required with the data.

  2. Previous date

    27 February 2020 9:30am

    Reason for change

    To coincide with Small area model-based income estimates, England and Wales: financial year ending 2018.

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest