European Anti-fraud Office (Hansard, 27 July 1999)

§ Ms Hewitt

The Presidency made an oral report on progress on the implementation of the European anti-fraud

Table showing numbers and percentages of taxpayers with total incomes greater than £50,000, £60,000, £70,000, £100,000 and £150,000 by county
	More than £50,000	More than £60,000	More than £70,000	More than £100,000	More than £150,000
County/country	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Greater London	135,400	4.5	99,300	3.3	77,900	2.6	44,300	1.5	24,300	0.8
Greater Manchester	16,000	1.6	9,900	1.0	6,800	0.7	3,500	0.3	1,740	0.2
Merseyside	7,000	1.4	4,900	1.0	3,700	0.7	1,600	0.3	¹—	¹—
South Yorkshire	5,600	1.1	3,600	0.7	2,600	0.5	1,200	0.2	¹—	¹—
Tyne and Wear	4,000	1.0	2,500	0.6	1,800	0.4	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
West Midlands	12,700	1.3	8,300	0.8	5,500	0.6	2,400	0.2	982	0.1
West Yorkshire	14,200	1.6	9,300	1.0	6,600	0.7	3,400	0.4	1,560	0.2
Former County of Avon	9,100	2.0	5,300	1.2	4,000	0.9	1,800	0.4	¹—	¹—
Bedfordshire	5,500	2.2	3,800	1.5	2,600	1.1	900	0.4	¹—	¹—
Berkshire	18,500	5.0	11,900	3.2	8,100	2.2	3,700	1.0	1,540	0.4
Buckinghamshire	18,900	6.0	13,300	4.2	9,800	3.1	4,700	1.5	2,250	0.7
Cambridgeshire	9,000	3.0	5,400	1.8	3,700	1.2	1,500	0.5	¹—	¹—
Cheshire	13,000	2.9	8,500	1.9	6,100	1.4	3,100	0.7	1,340	0.3
Former County of Cleveland	1,400	0.7	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	2,200	1.1	1,500	0.7	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Cumbria	2,800	1.3	2,100	1.0	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Derbyshire	7,300	1.7	5,100	1.2	3,200	0.7	1,200	0.3	¹—	¹—
Devon	8,000	1.8	4,500	1.0	3,300	0.8	1,400	0.3	¹—	¹—
Dorset	6,900	2.1	4,600	1.4	3,900	1.2	2,500	0.8	¹—	¹—
Durham	2,400	1.0	1,600	0.7	1,100	0.5	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Sussex	9,600	2.7	6,300	1.8	4,900	1.4	2,200	0.6	1,100	0.3
Essex	24,900	3.7	16,800	2.5	11,700	1.7	6,200	0.9	2,770	0.4
Gloucestershire	6,400	2.3	3,800	1.3	2,700	1.0	1,300	0.5	¹—	¹—
Hampshire	22,100	2.9	14,400	1.9	9,900	1.3	4,400	0.6	1,760	0.2
Hereford and Worcester	7,200	2.2	5,300	1.6	4,100	1.2	1,500	0.5	¹—	¹—
Hertfordshire	24,900	4.8	16,400	3.1	11,500	2.2	5,800	1.1	2,750	0.5
Former County of Humberside	6,500	1.7	4,500	1.2	3,200	0.8	1,900	0.5	¹—	¹—
Former County of Isle of Wight	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Kent	18,700	2.6	13,300	1.9	9,400	1.3	4,500	0.6	2,160	0.3

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office and tabled two documents. The first concerned the appointment of the Members of the Supervisory Committee and was deposited for scrutiny on 21 July. The second was a draft Council decision concerning implementation. I will send this to the Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee for information when I receive a copy of the final decision which was approved.