In a written question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Charles Walker asks how many people paid income tax in each of the last eight years and what percentage were over the state retirement age.

Mr. Walker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people paid income tax in each of the last eight years; and what percentage of those individuals were over the state retirement age in each year. [99086]

Dawn Primarolo: Information on the number of individuals that were liable to pay income tax can be found in Table 2.1 "Number of individual income taxpayers