§ Sir Peter Hordernasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will update his reply of 11 December 1984, Official Report, columns 456–8, to show for 1985–86 the number of people who paid tax at the standard rate and each of the higher rate bands.
§ Mr. MooreThe information is as follows. The figures relate to tax units, that is counting married couples as one. Estimates for 1983–84 onwards are provisional. Due to rounding, the individual figures in the table do not in all cases sum to the total.
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Taxpayers Thousands *Rate per cent. 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 30 19,800 19,600 19,500 19,300 40 435 355 350 390 45 245 245 250 270 50 155 140 145 160 55 65 55 60 70 60 80 65 75 90 Total 20,800 20,500 20,400 20,300 * Ignoring any liability to investment income surcharge.