§ Paul FlynnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the total revenue received by the Exchequer was in inheritance tax in each of the past five years; [56406]
806W(2) how many people were liable for inheritance tax in each of the past five years: and what percentage of the population this represents. [56407]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe figures are as follows:
UK inheritance tax receipts and number of taxpaying estates Receipts(£) Estates1 (thousand) 1997–98 1.7 18 1998–99 1.8 18 1999–2000 2.0 21 2000–01 2.2 22 2001–022 2.3 23 1Excludes about 2,000 taxpayers on lifetime transfers 2Provisional The taxpaying estates represent about three to four in 10,000 of the UK population; or between 3 and 4 per cent. of deaths.