Income Statistics (Hansard, 27 July 1999)

§ Dawn Primarolo

The table shows approximate estimates of the number and percentage of taxpayers with taxable incomes above the levels requested in 1996–97, the latest year for which there is information available. These estimates are based on a sample survey and the sample size is not large enough to allow estimates to be made for the majority of unitary authorities in Wales and Scotland.

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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
Lancashire	9,300	1.5	5,800	0.9	4,200	0.7	2,000	0.3	¹—	¹—
Leicestershire	8,800	2.0	5,000	1.2	3,800	0.9	1,500	0.3	¹—	¹—
Lincolnshire	4,300	1.6	3,100	1.2	2,200	0.8	1,100	0.4	¹—	¹—
Norfolk	6,400	1.7	4,300	1.2	2,900	0.8	1,300	0.4	¹—	¹—
Northamptonshire	7,100	2.6	5,000	1.8	3,300	1.2	1,600	0.6	¹—	¹—
Northumberland	3,900	3.0	2,300	1.8	1,800	1.4	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Former County of North Yorkshire	10,000	2.9	6,200	1.8	4,800	1.4	2,200	0.6	1,000	0.3
Nottinghamshire	7,300	1.6	4,600	1.0	3,300	0.7	1,400	0.3	¹—	¹—
Oxfordshire	12,000	4.2	7,200	2.5	5,400	1.9	2,700	0.9	1,120	0.4
Shropshire	4,800	2.4	3,100	1.5	2,000	1.0	1,000	0.5	¹—	¹—
Somerset	4,000	1.6	2,300	0.9	1,700	0.7	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Staffordshire	7,000	1.5	4,500	1.0	3,300	0.7	1,300	0.3	¹—	¹—
Suffolk	6,300	2.2	4,500	1.6	3,500	1.2	1.500	0.5	¹—	¹—
Surrey	36,400	6.9	26,600	5.1	20,000	3.8	10,700	2.0	5,180	1.0
Warwickshire	7,800	3.3	5,100	2.1	3,800	1.6	1,500	0.6	¹—	¹—
West Sussex	13,200	3.4	8,900	2.3	5,900	1.5	2,800	0.7	1,150	0.3
Wiltshire	8,600	2.7	6,100	1.9	3,000	1.0	1,500	0.5	¹—	¹—
Wales	13,200	1.1	8,900	0.8	5,600	0.5	2,100	0.2	840	0.1
Cardiff UA	2,000	1.5	1,600	1.2	1,000	0.7	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Scotland	42,400	1.8	25,300	1.1	17,800	0.8	7,200	0.3	3,150	0.1
Aberdeen City UA	3,600	3.2	2,400	2.1	1,600	1.4	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Aberdeenshire UA	3,400	3.1	2,000	1.8	1,300	1.2	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Dunbartonshire UA	1,500	2.1	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
East Renfrewshire UA	3,000	6.7	1,900	4.2	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Edinburgh, City of UA	7,400	3.4	4,700	2.2	3,500	1.6	1,400	0.7	¹—	¹—
Fife UA	2,300	1.3	1,400	0.8	1,000	0.6	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Glasgow City UA	2,200	1.0	1,100	0.5	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Perthshire and Kinross UA	1,500	2.3	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
South Lanarkshire UA	2.400	1.7	1,400	1.0	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
¹ Sample size too low to allow estimates to be made

Source:

1996–97 Survey of Personal Incomes, Inland Revenue