§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the(a) value and (b) percentage of the total income tax paid by each decile of earners for the latest year for which figures are available. [142702]
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§ Dawn PrimaroloThe amount of income tax paid by the decile group (or taxpayers) and the percentage of income tax that each decile group are liable to is shown in the table, based on 1998–99 liabilities from the survey of personal incomes.
Decile Amount of income tax liability for each decile group £ billion Income tax liability of the decile group as a percentage of total income tax liability 1 0.4 0.5 2 1.2 1.4 3 1.9 2.2 4 3.0 3.4 5 4.1 4.7 6 5.5 6.2 7 7.0 8.0 8 9.1 10.3 9 12.3 14.0 10 43.5 49.4