§ Mr. PortilloTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many top rate income tax payers(a) there were in (i) 1996–97, (ii) 1997–98, (iii) 1998–99 and (iv) 1999–2000 and (b) he expects there to be in (i) 2000–01 and (ii) 2001–02. [120351]
§ Dawn PrimaroloLatest published estimates for the number of higher rate income taxpayers are in table 2.1 of Inland Revenue Statistics (IRS). The latest version of table 2.1 consistent with the March 2000 Budget is available on the Inland Revenue website at www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/stats/table2–1.htm.
Estimates for 2000–01 will be published in the 2000 edition of IRS, which will be available around October 2000.