§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number and percentage of standard rate and higher ate taxpayers in(a) each county, (b) each region and nation and (c) the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. [33146]
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Basic and higher rate taxpayers, 1992–93 Taxpayer liable at basic rate but not higher rate Taxpayers liable at higher rate Thousands Percentage1 Thousands Percentage1 United Kingdom2 19,500 76.0 1,720 6.7 England 16,400 76.2 1,510 7.0 North 967 76.1 56 4.4 Cleveland 171 81.4 10 4.9 Cumbria 182 75.4 10 4.0
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 10 July 1995]: The table provides estimates for 1992–93, the latest available year for which information can be provided below the United Kingdom level.
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Basic and higher rate taxpayers, 1992–93 Taxpayer liable at basic rate but not higher rate Taxpayers liable at higher rate Thousands Percentage1 Thousands Percentage1 Durham 188 75.8 8 3.2 Northumberland 97 73.6 10 7.5 Tyne and Wear 330 74.8 18 4.1 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,590 76.2 100 4.8 Humberside 281 71.9 17 4.4 North Yorkshire 246 76.7 25 7.6 South Yorkshire 376 75.0 15 3.0 West Yorkshire 683 78.7 43 5.0 North West 2,020 76.2 120 4.5 Cheshire 323 74.2 32 7.4 Greater Manchester 825 80.0 41 4.0 Lancashire 428 72.3 27 4.6 Merseyside 442 75.1 19 3.3 East Midlands 1,320 75.6 92 5.3 Derbyshire 308 75.7 19 4.7 Leicestershire 308 75.7 19 4.7 Lincolnshire 305 80.9 19 5.0 Northamptonshire 204 77.1 15 5.5 Nottinghamshire 295 71.4 23 5.6 West Midlands 1,780 78.6 119 5.3 Hereford and Worcestershire 262 79.1 24 7.1 Shropshire 126 75.8 7 4.4 Staffordshire 357 79.1 20 4.5 Warwickshire 183 77.4 21 9.1 West Midlands 848 79.1 46 4.3 East Anglia 735 77.7 56 5.9 Cambridgeshire 231 79.5 21 7.3 Norfolk 260 76.9 19 5.7 Suffolk 244 77.2 15 4.8 South east 6,380 75.6 835 9.9 Bedfordshire 189 79.2 20 8.2 Berkshire 300 73.7 46 11.2 Buckinghamshire 237 73.0 44 13.6 East Sussex 239 77.6 21 6.9 Essex 575 77.6 65 8.8 Greater London 2,410 75.6 338 10.6 Hampshire 593 77.3 55 7.2 Hertfordshire 373 75.8 58 11.7 Kent 514 75.1 51 7.5 Oxfordshire 194 73.0 27 10.2 Surrey 433 73.2 79 13.3 West Sussex 273 75.6 27 7.4 Isle of Wight 39 71.8 4 7.1 South west 1,630 75.9 129 6.0 Avon 375 76.3 28 5.8 Cornwall 136 71.2 9 4.6 Devon 343 75.6 24 5.3 Dorset 230 77.0 25 8.3 Gloucestershire 187 78.3 15 6.2 Somerset 157 75.2 9 4.2 Wiltshire 200 76.1 20 7.5 Wales 854 76.3 48 4.3 Clwyd 135 77.1 8 4.4 Dyfed 108 77.9 5 3.8 Gwent 122 76.3 8 5.0 Gwynedd 77 71.4 3 2.7 Mid Glamorgan 164 77.9 7 3.4 Powys 42 74.2 1 2.3 South Glamorgan 95 81.3 8 7.0 West Glamorgan 112 72.9 8 5.2 Scotland 1,700 74.9 126 5.5 Borders 32 68.7 2 5.0 Central 66 73.6 4 5.0 Dumfries and Galloway 46 71.7 4 6.3
Basic and higher rate taxpayers, 1992–93 Taxpayer liable at basic rate but not higher rate Taxpayers liable at higher rate Thousands Percentage1 Thousands Percentage1 Fife 112 83.8 9 6.9 Grampian 193 73.5 20 7.6 Highlands 80 75.7 5 4.8 Lothian 285 76.3 21 5.5 Strathclyde 741 75.1 42 4.3 Tayside 127 72.1 14 8.1 Island authorities 12 47.6 1 5.3 Northern Ireland 420 72.7 22 3.9 1 Of total numbers of taxpayers including those liable to only the lower rate of tax. 2 Includes members of Her Majesty's Forces, the Merchant Navy, Civil Servants serving overseas and non-residents liable to United Kingdom tax who cannot be allocated to regions or counties.