§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people(a) paid income tax and (b) paid no income tax in each of the last 10 tax years. [136749]
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§ Dawn PrimaroloI refer the hon. Gentleman to table 2.1 on the Inland Revenue website for the number of taxpayers in the UK http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/stats/income_tax/it_t01_1.htm and the Office For National Statistics website for the population estimates for the United Kingdom for the years 1991–2000, 2001 and 2002 respectively.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D6627.xlshttp://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D7092.xlshttp://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D7100.xlsThe number of people that paid no income tax can be derived by subtracting the number of taxpayers from the population estimates.