Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the response of taxpayers to theintroduction of self-assessment; and if he will make a statement. [28365]Dawn Primarolo: [holding answer 10 February 1998]:Eight million taxpayers sent in their self assessment tax returns by the 31 January deadline. It is particularly reassuring to knowthat over 95 per cent. of those taxpayers without professional tax advisers met the deadline. This illustrates that the vastmajority of ordinary taxpayers understood what they had to do and dealt with this aspect of the new system.