HC Deb 13 February 2002 vol 380 c375W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of millionaires in the UK in each year since 1990. [34569]

Dawn Primarolo

The available information is as follows:

Number of UK millionaires
Thousand
1995 80
1996 100
1997 140
1998 1160
1999 1180
1 Provisional

The figures are based on marketable wealth and include all assets but exclude occupational and state pension rights.