To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Bexleyheath and Crayford were registered as self-employed in each of the last five years. (112587)

Information on the number of people registered as self-employed at individual constituency level is not available from HM Revenue and Customs’ records. However, the number of self-employed taxpayers in Bexleyheath and Crayford can be found in table 3.15 ‘Income and Tax by Parliamentary Constituency, 2003-04’:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/3_15a_apr06.pdf.

This table is only available for 2003-04 and will be updated by the end of January with data from the Survey of Personal Incomes, 2004-05.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of self-employed taxpayers' tax returns for 2005-06 in (a) the South East and (b) the UK are planned to be investigated. (111595)

HMRC adopts a risk-based approach to the interventions it undertakes.

Detailed plans for intervention work in 2007-08, based on self-employed taxpayers’ tax returns for 2005-06, will depend upon outcome of the risk assessments of these returns.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many self-employed taxpayers there are in the south-east. (111596)

Information on the number of taxpayers with self-employment income in 2003-04 based on the Survey of Personal Incomes can be found in table 3.13 ‘Income and tax by county and region’ on HM Revenue and Customs’ website at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/3_13_apr06.pdf.

This table will be updated by the end of January with data from the Survey of Personal Incomes, 2004-05.