§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of individual taxpayers resident in Scotland, and the approximate amount of tax raised from them in 1987–88.
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe latest available information covers residents of Scotland liable to tax for 1986–87. Including married women whose earned income exceeded the wife's earned income allowance, as well as their husbands and single people, the total was about 2,070,000 individuals, with income tax liability of about £3,250 million.