10 October 2006
Philip Dunne questions the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the number of estates that paid inheritance tax.
Mr. Dunne: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many estates in the UK paid inheritance tax in (a) 2005-06, (b) 1997-98 and (c) 1979-80; and what these figures represent as a percentage of the population in each year. [91439]
Dawn Primarolo: The number of estates paying inheritance tax is published on the HMRC website at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/tax receipts/1_4_apr06.xls
UK population estimates are published on the ONS website as follows:
Years 1976 to 2004:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/STATBASE/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9468
Year 2005:
