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Mr. Hanley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many taxpayers he estimates earned more than £18,200 and less than £23,705 in 1989–90; and how much revenue his Department derived from taxing this band;(2) how many taxpayers he estimates earned between
(a) £16,000 and £17,000, (b) L17,000 and £18,200 and (c) £20,000 and £23,705 in 1989–90; and how much revenue his Department derived from taxing each band.
Mr. Ryder
Estimates for 1990–91 are as follows:
| Earnings from employment, 1990–91 | |||
| Numbers of taxpayers1 with: | |||
| Earnings band £ pa | earnings in the band thousands | earnings above the band thousands | Liability to income tax on earnings in the band2 £ billion |
| £16,001–£17,000 | 800 | 4,050 | 1·1 |
| £17,001–£18,200 | 750 | 3,300 | 1·1 |
| £18,201–£20,000 | 600 | 2,700 | 1·3 |
| £20,001–£23,705 | 1,150 | 1,550 | 1·8 |
| 1 Taxpayers aged under 65, husbands and wives counted separately. | |||
| 2 Treated earnings as the lowest slice of income. | |||