§ Mr. Chope:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much additional revenue would be raised from the residents of (a) each of the district councils in Dorset and (b) the Bournemouth and Poole unitary authorities for every penny increase in the basic rate of income tax. [141513]
§ Dawn Primarolo:The requested information is given in the table.
Additional full-year yield of increasing the basic rate of tax by 1p in 2000–01 (in £ millions) (a) District councils in Dorset Christchurch 1.9 East Dorset 4.2 North Dorset 2.3 Purbeck 1.7 West Dorset 4.2 Weymouth and Portland 4.2 (b) Bournemouth and Poole unitary authorities 14.5 Estimates are based upon the 2000–01 Survey of Personal Incomes. The effects of the illustrative changes can be scaled up or down over a reasonably wide range. The results exclude any behavioral response to the tax change.
§ Mr. Cousins:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the revenue from (a) income tax and (b)corporation tax was in each tax year since 1996–97 in (i) current and (ii) real terms using 1996–97 as the base. [141201]
§ Dawn Primarolo:Income tax and corporation tax receipts in current terms are published on the Inland Revenue website www.inlandrevenue.qov.uk/stats/tax receipts/031 R 1 2.pdf.
Receipts in real terms can be calculated using GDP deflators. The Treasury publishes GDP deflators on the HM Treasury website at www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/economic data and tools/gdp, deflators/data gdp index.cfm.
§ Mr. Cousins:To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what increase in the basic rate of tax would be needed to raise (a) £80 million and (b) £120 million in the current year from the income tax payers of Newcastle upon Tyne. [141202]
§ Dawn Primarolo:The yield from increasing the basic rate of income tax in 2000–01 by 1p in Newcastle upon Tyne is £10 million. This result can be scaled up to see the effects of higher increases but would exclude any behavioural response to the tax change. This estimate is based upon the 2000–01 Survey of Personal Incomes.