1 Horse Guards Road,
Information Rights Unit
London.
SW1A 2HQ
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Fax: 020 7451 4861
Lewis MacAskill
[HM Treasury request email]
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
By email:
[FOI #1574 email]
Our refs:
IRU/8/457
Email/11050/2008
8th August 2008
Dear Mr. MacAskill,
Thank you for your enquiry dated 3rd August 2008 for information under the Freedom
of Information (FoI) Act 2000, which we received on 4th August 2008.
You asked for:
… income tax on residents of the Western Isles: the amount of income tax
collected per income tax bracket and the amount of people in each bracket that
were taxed on the islands …
HM Treasury does not hold any information in relation to your request. However,
HM Revenue and Customs have tables that have information on the income, tax
liabilities and numbers of taxpayers by borough, district or unitary authority, and
which is included in the link below. The Western Isles unitary council is known as
‘Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’ in table 3.14. HM Revenue and Customs also have
similar information for each UK parliamentary constituency. The constituency
covering the Western Isles is known as ‘Na h-Eileanan an Iar’ and can be found in
table 3.15. I have included a link to these tables below. I hope that you find this
information useful.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/menu-by-year.htm#315
I bring to your attention that this information has crown copyright and a legal
statement regarding our copyright is attached.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact us at the email account
above. It would be helpful to us, if you could remember to quote the IRU reference
number given in the header to this letter in any future communications.
Yours sincerely,
Balvinder Chowdhary
Information Rights Unit
On behalf of HM Treasury
Parliamentary Copyright.
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under the direction or control of the House of Commons or the House of Lords. The rights in Parliamentary copyright are exercised
by the Speaker of the House of Commons (for Commons material) and by the Clerk of the Parliaments (for Lords material).
However, the administration of Parliamentary copyright material is undertaken by the Office of Public Sector Information under the
terms of an agreement with Parliament. Day-to-day administration of Parliamentary copyright is dealt with by the Information Policy
Division of the Office of Public Sector Inform
ation. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/parliamentary-copyright/index.htm Your right to complain under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review
of our decision, you should write within two months of the date of this letter to HM Treasury, Information Rights Unit, 2/SW, 1 Horse
Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ.
Email:
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If you are not content with the outcome your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
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