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Mr. Rogers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each county in England and for the relevant areas in Wales and Scotland the number and percentage of taxpayers with taxable incomes over (a) £50,000, (b) £60,000, (c) £70,000, (d) £100,000 and (e) £150,000. [93120] Dawn Primarolo: The table shows approximate estimates of the number and percentage of taxpayers with taxable incomes above the levels requested in 1996-97, the latest year for which there is information available. These estimates are based on a sample survey and the sample size is not large enough to allow estimates to be made for the majority of unitary authorities in Wales and Scotland. Table showing numbers and percentages of taxpayers with total incomes greater than £50,000, £60,000, £70,000, £100,000 and £150,000 by county _________________________________________________________________________________________________. More than £50,000 More than £60,000 More than £70,000 More than £100,000 More than £150,000 County/count Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage ry Greater 135,400 4.5 99,300 3.3 77,900 2.6 44,300 1.5 24,300 0.8 London Greater 16,000 1.6 9,900 1.0 6,800 0.7 3,500 0.3 1,740 0.2 Manchester Merseyside 7,000 1.4 4,900 1.0 3,700 0.7 1,600 0.3 {1}-- {1}-- South 5,600 1.1 3,600 0.7 2,600 0.5 1,200 0.2 {1}-- {1}-- Yorkshire Tyne and 4,000 1.0 2,500 0.6 1,800 0.4 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Wear West 12,700 1.3 8,300 0.8 5,500 0.6 2,400 0.2 982 0.1 Midlands West 14,200 1.6 9,300 1.0 6,600 0.7 3,400 0.4 1,560 0.2 Yorkshire Former 9,100 2.0 5,300 1.2 4,000 0.9 1,800 0.4 {1}-- {1}-- County of Avon Bedfordshire 5,500 2.2 3,800 1.5 2,600 1.1 900 0.4 {1}-- {1}-- Berkshire 18,500 5.0 11,900 3.2 8,100 2.2 3,700 1.0 1,540 0.4 Buckinghamsh 18,900 6.0 13,300 4.2 9,800 3.1 4,700 1.5 2,250 0.7 ire Cambridgeshi 9,000 3.0 5,400 1.8 3,700 1.2 1,500 0.5 {1}-- {1}-- re Cheshire 13,000 2.9 8,500 1.9 6,100 1.4 3,100 0.7 1,340 0.3 Former 1,400 0.7 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- County of Cleveland Cornwall and 2,200 1.1 1,500 0.7 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Isles of Scilly Cumbria 2,800 1.3 2,100 1.0 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Derbyshire 7,300 1.7 5,100 1.2 3,200 0.7 1,200 0.3 {1}-- {1}-- Devon 8,000 1.8 4,500 1.0 3,300 0.8 1,400 0.3 {1}-- {1}-- Dorset 6,900 2.1 4,600 1.4 3,900 1.2 2,500 0.8 {1}-- {1}-- Durham 2,400 1.0 1,600 0.7 1,100 0.5 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- East Sussex 9,600 2.7 6,300 1.8 4,900 1.4 2,200 0.6 1,100 0.3 Essex 24,900 3.7 16,800 2.5 11,700 1.7 6,200 0.9 2,770 0.4 Gloucestersh 6,400 2.3 3,800 1.3 2,700 1.0 1,300 0.5 {1}-- {1}-- ire Hampshire 22,100 2.9 14,400 1.9 9,900 1.3 4,400 0.6 1,760 0.2 Hereford and 7,200 2.2 5,300 1.6 4,100 1.2 1,500 0.5 {1}-- {1}-- Worcester Hertfordshir 24,900 4.8 16,400 3.1 11,500 2.2 5,800 1.1 2,750 0.5 e Former 6,500 1.7 4,500 1.2 3,200 0.8 1,900 0.5 {1}-- {1}-- County of Humberside Former {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- County of Isle of Wight Kent 18,700 2.6 13,300 1.9 9,400 1.3 4,500 0.6 2,160 0.3 Lancashire 9,300 1.5 5,800 0.9 4,200 0.7 2,000 0.3 {1}-- {1}-- Leicestershi 8,800 2.0 5,000 1.2 3,800 0.9 1,500 0.3 {1}-- {1}-- re Lincolnshire 4,300 1.6 3,100 1.2 2,200 0.8 1,100 0.4 {1}-- {1}-- Norfolk 6,400 1.7 4,300 1.2 2,900 0.8 1,300 0.4 {1}-- {1}-- Northamptons 7,100 2.6 5,000 1.8 3,300 1.2 1,600 0.6 {1}-- {1}-- hire Northumberla 3,900 3.0 2,300 1.8 1,800 1.4 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- nd Former 10,000 2.9 6,200 1.8 4,800 1.4 2,200 0.6 1,000 0.3 County of North Yorkshire Nottinghamsh 7,300 1.6 4,600 1.0 3,300 0.7 1,400 0.3 {1}-- {1}-- ire Oxfordshire 12,000 4.2 7,200 2.5 5,400 1.9 2,700 0.9 1,120 0.4 Shropshire 4,800 2.4 3,100 1.5 2,000 1.0 1,000 0.5 {1}-- {1}-- Somerset 4,000 1.6 2,300 0.9 1,700 0.7 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Staffordshir 7,000 1.5 4,500 1.0 3,300 0.7 1,300 0.3 {1}-- {1}-- e Suffolk 6,300 2.2 4,500 1.6 3,500 1.2 1,500 0.5 {1}-- {1}-- Surrey 36,400 6.9 26,600 5.1 20,000 3.8 10,700 2.0 5,180 1.0 Warwickshire 7,800 3.3 5,100 2.1 3,800 1.6 1,500 0.6 {1}-- {1}-- West Sussex 13,200 3.4 8,900 2.3 5,900 1.5 2,800 0.7 1,150 0.3 Wiltshire 8,600 2.7 6,100 1.9 3,000 1.0 1,500 0.5 {1}-- {1}-- Wales 13,200 1.1 8,900 0.8 5,600 0.5 2,100 0.2 840 0.1 Cardiff UA 2,000 1.5 1,600 1.2 1,000 0.7 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Scotland 42,400 1.8 25,300 1.1 17,800 0.8 7,200 0.3 3,150 0.1 Aberdeen 3,600 3.2 2,400 2.1 1,600 1.4 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- City UA Aberdeenshir 3,400 3.1 2,000 1.8 1,300 1.2 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- e UA East 1,500 2.1 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Dunbartonshi re UA East 3,000 6.7 1,900 4.2 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Renfrewshire UA Edinburgh, 7,400 3.4 4,700 2.2 3,500 1.6 1,400 0.7 {1}-- {1}-- City of UA Fife UA 2,300 1.3 1,400 0.8 1,000 0.6 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Glasgow City 2,200 1.0 1,100 0.5 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- UA Perthshire 1,500 2.3 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- and Kinross UA South 2,400 1.7 1,400 1.0 {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Lanarkshire UA _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Sample size too low to allow estimates to be made Source: 1996-97 Survey of Personal Incomes, Inland Revenue

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

93120; 336 c396-8W;336 c396-7W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Income tax Income Personal income Taxpayers

Contains statistics

Yes