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Written question asked by Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) on Friday, 9 December 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 December 2022 (named day). It was answered by Victoria Atkins (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 December 2022 on behalf of the Treasury.


Income Tax: Pensioners

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people above state pension age were paying income tax in each financial year from 2009-10 to 2021-22.

Answer

The Government publish estimates of the number of Income Tax payers who are above the state pension age. This is available in National Statistics Table 2.1 Number of individual Income Tax payers available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-individual-income-taxpayers-by-marginal-rate-gender-and-age


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
107100
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Income tax Pensioners State retirement pensions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk