§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of income tax payers are currently paying tax at the higher rate.
§ Mr. Lilley[holding answer 13 March 1990]: About 7 per cent. of taxpaying single people and married couples are liable at the higher rate in 1989–90. The estimate is based on a projection of the 1987–88 survey of personal incomes and is, therefore, provisional.