§ Mr. Thorntonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give a division of income tax raised between different regions of the country, on any available regional split but preferably showing the difference between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, and the amount per head which this represents for population of these regions for the most recent year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Ridley:The amount of income tax, in total and per head, from the regions, metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of the United Kingdom for 1978–79 is a follows:
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Income Tax due for 1978–79 Mid-1978 Population Estimates Home Income Tax per head of population £million thousands £ Non-metropolitan counties 881 2,443 361 East Anglia (Non-metropolitan) 568 1,843 308 South East 7,400 16,832 439 GLC 3,340 9,618 348 Non-metropolitan counties 4,050 7,214 562 South West (Non-metropolitan) 1,350 4,296 315 Wales (Non-metropolitan) 754 2,768 272 Scotland 1,680 5,179 325 Central Clydeside Conurbation 527 1,767 298 Remainder 1,160 3,413 339 Northern Ireland (Non-metropolitan) 388 1,539 252 United Kingdom *20,200 55,836 362 Metropolitan (including GLC and Central Clydeside Conurbation) 7,580 22,842 332 Non-metropolitan counties 12,300 32,993 372 *includes £347 million from Armed Forces and Merchant Navy and from civil servants serving overseas. This sum cannot be allocated among the regions or counties.The amount of income tax is derived from the Inland Revenue survey of personal incomes 1978–79. In the survey, incomes, and income tax due, are allocated to counties and regions according to the residence of the recipient, except where his main source of income is chargeable under Schedule D when the allocation is by place of assessment which for the self-employed generally corresponds to place of business. The mid-1978 population figures have been provided by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and are the numbers resident in the areas shown.