§ Matthew GreenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what percentage of persons aged(a) 16 and (b) 17 years paid (i) income tax and (ii) national insurance in each of the last five years; [29463]
(2) how much (a) income tax and (b) national insurance was received from persons aged (i) 16 and (ii) 17 years in each of the last five years. [29467]
§ Dawn PrimaroloAmounts of income tax liabilities from persons aged 16 and 17 are in the table.
Income tax liabilities £ million Aged 16 Aged 17 1998–99 20 50 1999–2000 10 40 2000–01 10 40 Estimates (rounded to the nearest £10 million) are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes and are consistent with the November 2001 pre-Budget report. I regret that it is not possible to provide reliable estimates for earlier years.
Estimates for amounts of class 1 primary national insurance contribution (NIC) liabilities from persons aged 16 and 17 are in the table.
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UK class 1 primary NIC £ million Aged 16 Aged 17 1996–97 10 30 1997–98 10 30 1998–99 10 30 1999–2000 10 30 2000–01 10 20 Estimates provided by the Government Actuary's Department and rounded to the nearest £10 million.
Available estimates for the number of income taxpayers aged 16 and 17 as a percentage of the total population of 16 and 17-year-olds are in the table.
Percentage Number of 16-year-old taxpayers as a percentage of all 16-year-olds Number of 17-year-old taxpayers as a percentage of all 17-year-olds 1998–99 4 11 1999–2000 3 10 2000–01 3 10 Taxpayer estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes. Population estimates are from the Office for National Statistics.
Estimates for the number of NIC payers aged 16 and 17 as a percentage of the total population of 16 and 17-year-olds are in the table.
Percentage Number of 16-year-old taxpayers as a percentage of all 16-year-olds Number of 17-year-old taxpayers as a percentage of all 17-year-olds 1996–97 5 13 1997–98 5 13 1998–99 5 13 1999–2000 5 14 2000–01 4 11 Estimates were provided by the Government Actuary's Department. Population estimates are from the Office for National Statistics.
All of the estimates are based on survey data and therefore subject to a margin of error particularly because of the relatively small sample sizes involved.