§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage of total income received by812W (a) the top one per cent, (b) the top five per cent, (c) the top 10 per cent, (d) the bottom 70 per cent and (e) the bottom 10 per cent of tax payers in 2000–01. [24818]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe information is in the table:
Group of taxpayers Percentage of total taxable income received1 (a) The top 1 per cent. 12 (b) The top 5 per cent. 24 (c) The top 10 per cent. 34 (d) The bottom seventy per cent. 41 (e) The bottom ten per cent. 3 1 Non taxable income such as that from ISAs is not included as this information is not available on an individual basis. These estimates are based on the 1999–2000 Survey of Personal Incomes and are consistent with the November 2001 pre-Budget report.