To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the receipts from a one pence rate of income tax in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08. (172585)

The approximate tax liability from a one pence rate of income tax charged on the total income of taxpayers living in the metropolitan district of Newcastle upon Tyne can be estimated from the information on the number of taxpayers and their mean income provided in table 3.14 “Income and tax by borough district and unitary authority” on the HM Revenue and Customs website at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm#314.

Estimates are available for 2003-04 and 2004-05 and are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the total number of income taxpayers in the City of Newcastle in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and how many of these were pensioners. (172586)

Information on the number of taxpayers in the metropolitan district of Newcastle upon Tyne can be found in table 3.14 “Income and tax by borough district and unitary authority” on the HM Revenue and Customs website at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm#314.

Estimates are available for 2003-04 and 2004-05 and are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes.