Written question asked by Christopher Chope (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 December 2003. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 December 2003 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional revenue would be raised from the residents of (a) each of the district councils in Dorset and (b) the Bournemouth and Poole unitary authorities for every penny increase in the basic rate of income tax. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Chope: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much additional revenue would be raised from the residents of (a) each of the district councils in Dorset and (b) the Bournemouth and Poole unitary authorities for every penny increase in the basic rate of income tax. [141513] Dawn Primarolo: The requested information is given in the table. Additional full-year yield of increasing the basic rate of tax by 1p in 2000-01 (in £ millions) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (a) District councils in Dorset Christchurch 1.9 East Dorset 4.2 North Dorset 2.3 Purbeck 1.7 West Dorset 4.2 Weymouth and Portland 4.2 (b) Bournemouth and Poole unitary authorities 14.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Estimates are based upon the 2000-01 Survey of Personal Incomes. The effects of the illustrative changes can be scaled up or down over a reasonably wide range. The results exclude any behavioral response to the tax change.

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