HC Deb 29 February 1996 vol 272 cc648-9W
Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total yield from higher and lower rate taxpayers in 1994–95 for each English county or tax area. [16769]

Mr. Jack

The table provides estimates based on the survey of personal incomes for 1993–94, the latest available year for which information can be provided below the United Kingdom level.

Lower and higher rate taxpayers, 1993–94
£ million
Taxpayers liable at lower rate but not basic rate Taxpayers liable at higher rate
Total tax Total tax
Cleveland 11 108
Cumbria 13 138
Durham 13 102
Northumberland 7 98
Tyne and Wear 27 166
Humberside 20 193
North Yorkshire 16 300
South Yorkshire 25 221
West Yorkshire 49 749
Cheshire 21 427
Greater Manchester 62 559
Lancashire 30 340
Merseyside 28 242
Derbyshire 19 235
Leicestershire 20 209
Lincolnshire 16 162
Northamptonshire 10 226
Nottinghamshire 27 288
Hereford and Worcester 16 313
Shropshire 7 170
Staffordshire 16 249
Warwickshire 12 249
West Midlands 48 452
Cambridgeshire 11 288
Norfolk 14 186
Suffolk 12 275
Bedfordshire 9 218
Berkshire 17 596
Buckinghamshire 12 637
East Sussex 19 278
Essex 34 857
Greater London 124 6,070
Hampshire 44 739
Hertfordshire 21 693
Kent 32 677
Oxfordshire 16 412
Surrey 29 1,300
West Sussex 15 422
Isle of Wight 5 21
Avon 22 327
Lower and higher rate taxpayers, 1993–94
—million
Taxpayers liable at lower rate but not basic rate Taxpayers liable at higher rate
Total tax Total tax
Cornwall 16 70
Devon 29 256
Dorset 18 195
Gloucestershire 12 264
Somerset 10 113
Wiltshire 13 285

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