§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 20 January,Official Report, column 777, on tax liability by region, if he will provide comparable information for total tax liability by quartile group in each region.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 1 February 1994]: Available information on the annual reduction in income tax liability by region for the years 1989–90 to 1991–92, compared with the 1978–79 indexed regime is given in the tables. The 1978–79 regime has been indexed by reference to the statutory formula and allowing for independent taxation for 1990–91 and 1991–92. For 1989–90 married couples are counted as one unit. For the purposes of these calculations the indexed regime of 1978–79 is applied directly to the later income base. In practice, retention of the regime, indexed as appropriate, for the intervening years would have led to changes in the income base. In view of the length of the tables, I am arranging for copies to be placed in the Members' Library.
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