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Income Tax
Mr. Tom Harris: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many workers living in (a) West Dunbartonshire council and (b) West Lothian council local authority areas pay income tax at (i) the basic rate and (ii) the higher rate; [13222]
(2) how many workers living in (a) Clackmannanshire council, (b) Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, (c) Dumfries and Galloway council,
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(d) Dundee city council and (e) East Ayrshire council local authority areas pay income tax at (i) the basic rate and (ii) the higher rate; [13259]
(3) how many workers living in (a) Aberdeen city council, (b) Aberdeenshire, (c) Angus council, (d) Argyll and Bute council and (e) City of Edinburgh local authority areas pay income tax at (i) the basic rate and (ii) the higher rate; [13260]
(4) how many workers living in (a) Scottish Borders council, (b) Shetland Islands council, (c) South Ayrshire council, (d) South Lanarkshire council and (e) Stirling council local authority areas pay income tax at (i) the basic rate and (ii) the higher rate [13283]
(5) how many workers living in (a) North Ayrshire council, (b) North Lanarkshire council, (c) Orkney Islands council, (d) Perth and Kinross council and (e) Renfrewshire council local authority areas pay income tax at (i) the basic rate and (ii) the higher rate; [13284]
(6) how many workers living in (a) Glasgow city council, (b) Highland council, (c) Inverclyde council, (d) Midlothian council and (e) Moray council local authority areas pay income tax at (i) the basic rate and (ii) the higher rate; [13286]
(7) how many workers living in (a) East Dunbartonshire council, (b) East Lothian council, (c) East Renfrewshire council, (d) Falkirk council and (e) Fife council local authority areas pay income tax at (i) the basic rate and (ii) the higher rate. [13290]
Dawn Primarolo: The information on revenue raised from personal taxation by local authority areas is not available pending a review of National Statistics on income tax and personal incomes. Further details of the review can be found on the HMRC website at the following page:
The only related information available is the published National Statistics on mean and median income by each county, unitary authority or district which can be found on the HM Revenue and Customs website:
Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of people in (a) England and Wales, (b) North East region, (c) Tees Valley sub region and (d) Hartlepool pay income tax at the (i) starting rate of 10 per cent., (ii) basic rate of 22 per cent. and (iii) higher rate of 40 per cent. [13442]
Dawn Primarolo: The information for taxpayers in England and Wales is in the table.
Similar information by tax bands on regional or sub-regional income tax revenue statistics is not available pending a review of National Statistics on income tax and personal incomes. Further details of the review can be found on the HMRC website at the following page: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_tax/NS_Review.htm
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| Number of taxpayers (thousand) | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting rate | 2,700 | 11 |
| Savers' and basic rate(74) | 20,100 | 79 |
| Higher rate | 2,800 | 10 |
(74) Includes taxpayers with a marginal rate of 20 per cent. on savings, 22 per cent. on earnings and 10 per cent. on dividends.
The number of people liable for tax in the North East region, and Hartlepool and Tees Valley unitary authorities, can be found in tables 3.11 'Income and tax, by region and country' and 3.14 'Total income by borough and district or unitary authority' on the HM Revenue and Customs' website www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu.htm
The income tax information is based upon the Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) and 2002–03 is the latest survey year. The survey is based on information held by the HM Revenue and Customs tax offices on persons who are liable to UK tax.
Inheritance Tax
Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) on how many estates the UK inheritance tax was paid in each year since 1996; [13112]
(2) if he will list the inheritance tax threshold in each year since 1996. [13113]
Dawn Primarolo: The number of estates paying inheritance tax each year are published on the HM Revenue and Customs website at
www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/tax_receipts/table1–4.xls
The inheritance tax threshold applying in each year is also given on the HM Revenue and Customs website at
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/inheritance_tax/table-a8.xls
In Budget 2005 the threshold was increased to £275,000 in 2005–06, £285,000 in 2006–07 and £300,000 in 2007–08.
Mr. Iain Wright: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many estates in Hartlepool have had a value in excess of the nil-band threshold of inheritance tax in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [13445]
Dawn Primarolo: 94 per cent. of estates do not pay inheritance tax. Figures are not available at local levels.
Lorry Road User Charge
Mr. Duncan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions with industry associations he (a) had prior to and (b) has had since his announcement of the lorry road user charge. [12764]
John Healey:
Ministers and officials from HM Treasury, HMRC and the Department for Transport hold meetings on a regular basis with a wide range of representative bodies from the haulage and other related industries, primarily through the Road Haulage Forum (RHF) and its Lorry Road User Charge sub-group.
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I also talk regularly to leaders of the Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association to discuss their concerns.
Mr. Duncan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Chairman of the Lorry Road User Charge division within HM Revenue and Customs was paid in 2004–05; and if he will make a statement on the future of the post. [12715]
John Healey: The Director of the Lorry Road User Charge Programme within HM Customs and Excise received a civil service salary within the senior civil service pay band 2. Details of senior civil service pay bands for 2004–05 were published by the Review Body on Senior Salaries in its Twenty-Seventh Report on Senior Salaries (Cm 6451).
The posts of Chief Executive and Director were merged into one post within HM Revenue and Customs in June 2005. Following the announcement by the Secretary for State for Transport on 5 July 2005, Official Report, column 173, that the Government will now take forward the plans for distance-based lorry charging as part of the wider work on national road pricing, this post is now under review.
Tom Brake: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are employed on the project to introduce lorry road user charging; and what their budget is. [5182]
Mr. Duncan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much has been spent on preparatory work for the lorry road user charge; [12747]
(2) how many people are employed in the lorry roaduser charge division within HM Revenue and Customs. [12763]
John Healey: The LRUC programme has regularly reviewed its needs to ensure the right level of skills and resources; during 2004–05, the last complete year for which figures are available, the equivalent of around 159 full-time staff were engaged on the programme. The provisional total for the expenditure by HM Customs and Excise on the LRUC programme since they were assigned responsibility in May 2002 up to 31 March 2005 was £39.1 million.
This work on the LRUC programme has strengthened the Government's view that distance-based charging for using the UK's roads is technically achievable. In particular, proof of solution" work with prospective suppliers has enabled us to see the technology in action, and is confirming our expectations of its ability to deliver a distance-based charge. The Government will continue to work with the haulage industry and ensure that we carry the full experience gained from this project into the wider work to develop a national road pricing system.
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