§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the number and percentage of(a) basic rate and (b) higher rate taxpayers in each English county for the most recent year for which figures are available. [12604]
§ Mr. JackThe table provides estimates for 1993–94, the latest available year for which information can be provided below the United Kingdom level.
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Basic and higher rate taxpayers, 1993–94 Taxpayers liable at basic rate but not higher rate Taxpayers liable at higher rate Thousands Percentage1 Thousands Percentage1 Cleveland 155 72.5 11 5.1 Cumbria 146 67.9 13 5.9 Durham 176 73.1 11 4.4 Northumberland 100 70.6 8 5.6 Tyne and Wear 276 68.6 15 3.7 Humberside 265 73.3 17 4.6 North Yorkshire 258 74.5 25 7.2 South Yorkshire 359 73.5 20 4.2 West Yorkshire 614 72.4 41 4.8 Cheshire 302 70.7 36 8.3 Greater Manchester 751 71.3 45 4.3 Lancashire 413 73 25 4.5 Merseyside 356 71.4 22 4.3
Basic and higher rate taxpayers, 1993–94 Taxpayers liable at basic rate but not higher rate Taxpayers liable at higher rate Thousands Percentage1 Thousands Percentage1 Derbyshire 300 73.8 20 5.0 Leicestershire 309 74.8 17 4.0 Lincolnshire 208 70.6 15 5.0 Northamptonshire 203 78.9 18 7.0 Nottinghamshire 324 69.7 25 5.3 Hereford and Worcester 222 73.6 21 6.9 Shropshire 147 73.7 14 6.8 Staffordshire 311 77.1 22 5.5 Warwickshire 162 70.1 21 8.9 West Midlands 753 75.6 36 3.6 Cambridgeshire 225 73.4 25 8.2 Norfolk 236 74.1 16 4.9 Suffolk 197 70.6 23 8.1 Bedfordshire 198 78.0 18 7.2 Berkshire 270 69.8 49 12.7 Buckinghamshire 217 70.8 49 15.9 East Sussex 198 64.5 22 7.1 Essex 549 72.3 64 8.5 Greater London 2,140 72.2 341 11.5 Hampshire 531 71.3 57 7.7 Hertfordshire 333 70.0 54 11.4 Kent 489 72.6 51 7.6 Oxfordshire 212 72.5 31 10.5 Surrey 335 64.3 82 15.7 West Sussex 261 75.7 30 8.7 Isle of Wight 41 66.1 2 3.0 Avon 348 74.9 25 5.4 Cornwall 123 61.9 7 3.6 Devon 357 72.1 19 3.8 Dorset 218 73.1 15 5.0 Gloucestershire 183 70.8 21 8.0 Somerset 164 75.2 10 4.5 Wiltshire 224 75.0 21 7.0 1Of total numbers of taxpayers including those liable to only the lower rate of tax.