Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) North Swindon constituency, (b) the South West and (c) the UK have been removed from paying income tax between May 2010 and the latest date for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the number of people so removed as a result of measures announced in the Spring Budget 2017.

Over the last Parliament, increases to the personal allowance since 2010-11 are estimated to have reduced the income tax liability of 28 million individuals in the UK in 2015-16. This includes taking 4 million of the lowest paid out of income tax altogether. The corresponding figures for the South West, which includes the Parliamentary Constituency of North Swindon, are 2.4 million and 344,000 respectively.

Since the start of this Parliament, further increases to the personal allowance (up to £11,500 in 2017-18) and higher rate threshold (up to £45,000 in 2017-18) are expected to cut income tax for 31million individuals in the UK in 2017-18. This includes taking 1.3 million of the lowest paid out of income tax altogether. The corresponding figures for the South West, which includes the Parliamentary Constituency of North Swindon, are 2.7 million and 116,000 respectively.

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, nor does it hold information on the numbers experiencing a service reduction.

There were no measures announced at the Spring Budget 2017 which reduced income tax liabilities or removed individuals from paying income tax.