§ Mr. Formanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report data from the most recent survey of personal incomes on (a) total income, (b) total deductions, (c) total income tax, (d) total tax units and (e) total tax units paying tax for each country in the United Kingdom and each standard region in England.
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe latest available information is for 1984–85 and is given in the table. As with most published information from the survey of personal incomes, the information is confined to tax units with income above the pay-as-you-earn threshold (£2,000 in 1984–85). Coverage of the survey is incomplete below this level.
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Total income Total deductions1 Total income tax2 No. of tax units No. of tax-paving units £ million £ million £ million Thousands Thousands Yorkshire and Humberside 14,500 63 2,640 1,750 1,620 North West 19,700 123 3,650 2,380 2,220 East Midlands 12,400 61 2,280 1,440 1,340 West Midlands 15,600 46 2,860 1,960 1,820 East Anglia 5,940 68 1,130 698 671 South East 68,300 566 14,500 7,050 6,710 South West 14,600 117 2,700 1,780 1,660 1 Deductions do not include relief on mortgage interest given at source. 2 Income tax liabilities have been calculated without deduction for reliefs given at source at basic rate, but after allowance for relief due in excess of basic rate.