Written question asked by Paul Flynn (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 May 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 May 2002. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 May 2002 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many millionaires in the United Kingdom had a nil tax contribution in 2000-01.

Answer: Paul Flynn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many millionaires in the United Kingdom had a nil tax contribution in 2000-01. [54844] Dawn Primarolo: Information on tax liabilities analysed by the total wealth of living individuals is not available. A declaration of total assets is required only for inheritance tax purposes and the estimate of millionaires given in the reply to my hon. Friend on 29 April 2002, Official Report, column 540W, was based on inheritance tax statistics.

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