Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of self employed people are earning less than the personal allowance of £10,000.

Estimates for the number of self employed people earning less than the personal allowance of £10,000 for 2014-15 are not available.

The latest year for which estimates are available is 2011-12, where it is estimated that 1.94m (35%) of individuals with self employment income have total taxable income below the personal allowance of £7,475 for that tax year. These estimates are derived from table 3.6 and table 3.10 of the following publication, based on Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI) data for 2011-12.

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https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-incomes-statistics-tables-31-to-311-for-the-tax-year-2011-to-2012