HC Deb 23 April 2002 vol 384 c125W
Mr. Laws

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 18 December 2001,Official Report, column 195W, which part of Table 3.4, Inland Revenue Statistics gives the yield from the upper rate of income tax which is forecast for the years (a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02, (c) 2002–03, (d) 2003–04 and (e) 2004–05; and if he will make a statement. [26695]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 16 January 2002]: Available estimates of liabilities from the higher rate of income tax are given in the table.

Higher rate tax
£ billion
1999–2000 30.0
2000–011 33.3
2001–021 35.0
2002–032 37.0
2003–042 40.7
1 Provisional
2 Projected

These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes and are consistent with the April 2002 Budget.

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