§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are currently paying income tax at(a) the basic rate and (b) higher tax rates in each county of England and Wales. [29480]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe table shows estimates of the number and percentage of basic and higher rate taxpayers by county in England and unitary authority in Wales 1995–96, the latest year for which there is information.
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'000 Number of basic rate taxpayers Number of higher rate taxpayers North East Cleveland 170 10 Durham 161 13 Northumberland 107 12 Tyne & Wear 309 22 North West & Merseyside Cheshire 310 39 Cumbria 177 14 Greater Manchester 735 58 Lancashire 416 29 Merseyside 361 29 Yorkshire & The Humber Humberside 275 23 North Yorkshire 244 31 South Yorkshire 367 21 West Yorkshire 613 51 East Midlands Derbyshire 308 21 Leicestershire 306 33 Lincolnshire 199 13 Northamptonshire 204 24 Nottinghamshire 298 26
'000 Number of basic rate taxpayers Number of higher rate taxpayers West Midlands Hereford & Worcester 255 30 Shropshire 151 17 Staffordshire 354 34 Warwickshire 157 20 West Midlands 755 58 Eastern Bedfordshire 194 19 Cambridgeshire 232 29 Essex 480 79 Hertfordshire 335 77 Norfolk 239 23 Suffolk 159 18 London 2,100 374 South East Berkshire 260 58 Buckinghamshire 259 52 East Sussex 207 28 Hampshire 551 83 Isle of Wight 44 1— Kent 501 60 Oxfordshire 203 37 Surrey 341 95 West Sussex 210 34 South West Avon 315 34 Cornwall 129 13 Devon 328 25 Dorset 204 23 Gloucestershire 185 19 Somerset 154 13 Wiltshire 201 23 Wales Aberconwy and Colwyn 27 2 Anglesey 1— 1— Blaenau Gwent 1— 1— Bridgend 58 1— Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire 31 1— Caerphilly 39 1— Cardiff 72 11 Cardiganshire 14 1— Carmarthenshire 48 4 Denbighshire 19 1— Flintshire 55 5 Merthyr Tydfil 1— 1— Monmouthshire 26 3 Neath and Port Talbot 35 1— Newport 47 1— Pembrokeshire 31 1— Powys 46 1 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 59 1— Swansea 44 5 Torfaen UA 27 1— Vale of Glamorgan 31 5 Wrexham 40 1 1 Sample size too low to make reasonable estimate.