Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) North Swindon constituency, (b) Swindon, (c) England and (d) the UK were (i) removed from paying income tax and (ii) paid reduced income tax as a result of increases to the personal allowance in each year since 2010.

Since the start of the 2015 Parliament, further increases to the personal allowance (up to £11,850 in 2018-19) are expected to cut income tax for 31 million individuals in the UK in 2018‑19, including 26.1 million individuals in England, of which 2.8 million individuals are in the South West, which includes Swindon and the Parliamentary Constituency of North Swindon. This includes taking 1.2 million of the lowest paid out of income tax altogether in the UK, 986,000 in England, and 109,000 in the South West.

These estimates are based on the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s November 2017 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.

Over the 2010-2015 Parliament, policy measures to increase to the personal allowance in each year since 2010 are estimated to have reduced the income tax liability of 28 million individuals in the UK in 2015-16, including 23.4 million individuals in England, of which 2.4 million individuals are in the South West, which includes Swindon and the Parliamentary Constituency of North Swindon. This includes taking 4 million of the lowest paid out of income tax altogether in the UK, 3.3 million in England, and 344,000 in the South West.

These estimates are based on the 2013-14 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2016 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.

HM Treasury does not publish this information at constituency level or town/city level.