Income Tax (Pensioners)

Mr. Paice
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of pensioners over 65 pay (a) no income tax, (b) income tax at 20 per cent. only, (c) income tax at 20 per cent. and 23 per cent. only and (d) income tax at 40 per cent; [3352](2) what proportion of all adults excluding those in full-time education pay

(a) no income tax, (b) income tax at 20 per cent. only, (c) income tax at 20 per cent. and 23 per cent. only and (d) income tax at 40 per cent.; [3350]

(3) what proportion of non-pensioner adults excluding those in full-time education pay (a) no income tax, (b) income tax at 20 per cent. only, (c) income tax at 20 per cent. and 23 per cent. only and (d) income tax at 40 per cent. [3353]

Dawn Primarolo
Available information for 1997–98 is given in the table. Non-pensioner adults excludes those aged 65 or over and those aged under 16. It is not possible to identify taxpayers in full-time education.-----------------------------
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|Marginal rate of income tax|
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|Not liable to income tax   |
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|Lower rate                 |
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|Basic rate                 |
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|Higher rate                |
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|Total                      |
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The estimates are based on information from the 1994–95 Survey of Personal Incomes and population estimates from the Government Actuary's Department and are therefore provisional.