§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 16 March,Official Report, columns 129–30, if he will estimate the number of taxpayers who have benefited from the reduction in personal income tax introduced by the Finance Act 1988 in each region in each year.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 30 March 1993]: Information is given in the table.
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Number of taxpayers benefiting from abolition of rates in excess of 40 per cent, (thousands) Region of residence of taxpayer 1988–89 1989–90 1990–912 North 20 20 30 Yorkshire and Humberside 50 60 80 North West 60 80 90
Region of residence of taxpayer 1988–89 1989–90 1990–912 East Midlands 40 60 60 West Midlands 60 60 80 East Anglia 30 30 50 South East 490 530 630 South West 70 60 80 Wales 20 30 30 Scotland 50 70 80 Northern Ireland 10 10 20 United Kingdom1 930 1,030 1,240 1 Includes members of the forces and Merchant Navy and a small number of civil servants serving overseas who are not allocated to regions. 2 For 1990–91 the figures relate to the number of taxpaying individuals following the introduction of independent taxation.