§ 22. Mr. PikeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many working families he estimates in the north-west(a) pay no income tax and (b) pay tax only on the lowest band rate in the current financial year. [141857]
§ Dawn PrimaroloSome 180,000 working families are estimated to pay no income tax in the north-west and Merseyside in the 2000–01 financial year and some 300,000 individuals in that region are expected to have a lop marginal rate.