§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of tax evasion in each of the last four years have led to a recovery of funds; and what proportion of the sums recovered in each case was(a) tax, (b) interest and (c) penalty. [26237]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe Inland Revenue annual reports, available in the House of Commons Library, set out details, by regional office, of the total number of tax inquiries undertaken for each year.
taxpayers Group of Pre-tax income (£ million)1 Percentage of total Tax liability (£ million)1 Percentage of total Top 1 per cent 64,000 12 21,900 23 5 per cent. 133,000 24 39,600 41 10 per cent. 186,000 34 49,700 51 Bottom 70 per cent. 224,000 41 24,100 25 5 per cent. 7,000 1 70 2— All 553,000 100 97,000 100 1 Non-taxable income such as that from ISAs is not included as this information is not available on an individual basis. 2 Negligible These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes and are consistent with the November 2001 pre-Budget report.