§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the approximate number of taxpayers paying less than £15 a year and £20 a year respectively, in income tax; and what is the total number of persons paying income tax.
§ Mr. NottCounting wives who are earning, separately, about 22 million people were liable to tax for 1972–73. Of these nearly 1 million were due to pay less than £15 and nearly 1¼ million to pay less than £20.