§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the regional distribution of(a) the personal tax burden and (b) the overall tax burden.
§ Mr. Maude[holding answer 25 February 1991]: The amount of income tax payable by region for 1987–88, the latest year for which information is available, is shown in table 11.7 of Regional Trends 25 (1990 edition). Regional information for taxes overall is not available.