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166950

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paying higher rate tax had taxable income below £50,000 in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Duncan Hames
uin	216605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The numbers of taxpayers paying tax at the higher rate by income range are published in the HMRC National Statistics table 2.5. This is available on the internet at the following address;<br></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306857/Table_2.5.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306857/Table_2.5.pdf</a><br></p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) outturn data up to 2011-12, and then projected to 2014-15 in line with the Office for Budget Responsibility's March 2014 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 04/12/2014 17:30:45 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3951 label Biography information for Duncan Hames

166686

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income tax revenue has been received from taxpayers in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	216475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Table 3.11 of HMRC’s personal income statistics provides estimates of income tax liabilities in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland for the last 5 years (for which data are available), individual links to each published table are provided below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011-12</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/276037/tables3-1_3-11.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/276037/tables3-1_3-11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2010-11</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/258887/tables3-11_3-15a.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/258887/tables3-11_3-15a.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2009-10</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120609145917/http:/hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal_incomes/statistics-release-note.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120609145917/http://hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal_incomes/statistics-release-note.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2007-08</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120207220507/http:/hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/table-3-11-feb2010.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120207220507/http://hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/table-3-11-feb2010.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2006-07</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120207220507/http:/hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/3-11-table-jan09.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120207220507/http://hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/3-11-table-jan09.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes, for which 2011-12 is the latest available year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/12/2014 14:34:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

155739

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have paid less tax as a result of the recent reduction in the top rate of tax.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	214480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of additional rate income tax payers are published in HMRC’s tax statistics, table 2.1. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306826/Table_2.1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306826/Table_2.1.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As set out at Budget 2013, the cost of reducing the additional rate of income tax to 45 per cent from 50 per cent is estimated at around £100m per year. The costing’s account for substantial behavioral responses associated with changes in top marginal tax rates and have been verified by the independent Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government believes it is neither efficient nor fair to maintain a tax rate that is not effective at raising revenue from high earners and risks damaging growth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/11/2014 16:45:47 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

106214

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in work did not pay any income tax as a result of changes to the personal allowance threshold in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	213291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>By April 2013, the cumulative effect of the Government's increases in the personal allowance for those aged under 65 years (born after 5 April 1948 from 2013-14 tax year) since 2010-11 had taken 2.8 million people out of income tax liability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The year on year growth over the three years requested is shown in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Tax Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Taken out of tax since 2010-11 by PA increases<br> (millions - cumulative)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/11/2014 17:04:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

101044

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2012 to Question 292135, what was the average tax paid by those people in each of the top (a) 10, (b) five, (c) one, (d) 0.1 and (e) 0.01 per cent of the population.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Mr Michael Meacher
uin	212142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The proportion of total income accounted for by the top 10, 5 and 1 per cent of UK taxpayers by income can be found in table 2.4 'Share of total income (before and after tax) and income tax for percentile groups', available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-tax-statistics-and-distributions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/income-tax-statistics-and-distributions</a></p><p> </p><p>The number and average income of taxpayers in each group can be determined from the above together with table 2.5 'Income Tax liabilities, by income range', with reference to the total number of taxpayers and their income stated on this table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/11/2014 14:04:17 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	454 label Biography information for Mr Michael Meacher

101049

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each region earn between the 2014-15 higher rate threshold and £55,000.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	211931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of individuals with total income between £41,865 (higher rate threshold) and £55,000 by each Government office region in 2014-15 is projected to be:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Taxpayers (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West and Merseyside</p></td><td><p>251</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>421</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>2,590</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table note:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Projected estimates for 2014-15 is based upon the 2011-12 Survey of Personal Incomes using economic assumptions consistent with the OBR’s March 2014 economic and fiscal outlook.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Some UK taxpayers reside abroad, or their region is not known. Therefore, the sum of taxpayer numbers across countries and regions will not match the UK summary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/11/2014 17:27:52 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill