§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each county in England and for the relevant areas in Wales and Scotland the number and percentage of taxpayers with taxable incomes over(a) 50,000, (b) £60,000, (c) £70,000, (d) £100,000 and (e) £150,000. [13795]
§ Mr. JackEstimates of the number of taxpayers in each country and their average incomes are derived from the survey of personal incomes, and the latest available figures are in table 3.13 of "Inland Revenue Statistics
Account 1992 Account 1993 Account 1994 Account 1995 Account 1996 Office £ £ £ £ £ Aberystwyth 9,005,460.89 11,445,083.72 14,610,060.80 14,111,903.11 13,649,345.56 Bangor 22,670,830.88 23,487,869.38 22,509,841.89 24,675,193.38 31,025,119.11 Cardiff 83,115,908.62 76,517,319.52 109,099,560.22 130,429,444.81 83,231,425.26 Haverfordwest 9,804,817.94 6,087,883.51 6,725,811.05 8,272,308.66 7,411,620.03 Merthyr Tydfil 11,564,843.61 37,105,739.71 15,576,610.66 24,416,896.29 25,976,216.50 Newport (Gwent) 41,643,865.57 44,133,490.22 47,092,833.43 62,901,887.02 63,414,502.67 Swansea 37,048,096.31 30,177,721.28 28,633,271.20 35,737,250.47 26,810,007.40 Wrexham 26,378,979.37 23,019,889.34 31,091,353.89 45,664,975.27 48,924,179.41 The figures quoted above are the amounts of tax collected by each of the offices included in the table in respect of cases referred to them by the Inland Revenue accounts office Shipley for local action because a sum remained unpaid after the issue of requests and reminders for payment.