Question follow-through · 96752

Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people will move into higher tax bands due to the freezing of income tax and National Insurance thresholds for three years; and estimate she has made of the revenue raised through these measures.

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 3 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 8 Dec 2025
Answer: 10 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people will move into higher tax bands due to the freezing of income tax and National Insurance thresholds for three years; and estimate she has made of the revenue raised through these measures.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2025
Answer published
The number of people forecast to pay tax by marginal rate can be found in Table 3.19 in the OBR’s November 2025 Economic and fiscal outlook – detailed forecast tables: receipts, linked below: https://obr.uk/download/november-2025-economic-and-fiscal-outlo...

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