§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing for each region the change in total tax in each year since 1978–79 as against the 1978–79 indexed regime broken down into the top 1 per cent., 5 per cent., 10 per cent., and bottom 70 per cent., 50 per cent., 30 per cent. and all taxpayers, giving the number of taxpayers in each category.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 14 February 1994]: Available information was provided in the answers which I gave to the hon. Member on 20 January at column 777 and to the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Mandelson) on 29 November 1993 at columns 337–38. The analysis sought for the later years is not available and the analyses for the earlier years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.