§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pensioners pay tax and at what
Number of pensioners1 Million Marginal rate 1996–972 1997–982 1998–992 1999–20002 2000–012 2001–022 0% (non-taxpayer) 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.5 6.7 10% — — 0.1 0.7 0.9 0.8 20% 2.3 2.4 2.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 22%, 23% or 24% 1.4 1.4 1.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 40% 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Total 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.8 1Women aged 60 or over, men aged 65 or over 2The estimates are rounded to the nearest 100,000 Note:
The estimates are based on the Survey of Pen onal Incomes and consistent with the March 2000 Budget.