Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 53009 on Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands, for what reason her Department does not hold this information.

Every individual in the UK has a Personal Allowance which they can set against their own income, for Income Tax purposes. The Personal Allowance is the amount of income a person can get before they pay tax. The Personal Allowance threshold was set at £12,570 is for the 2024 to 2025 tax year.

HMRC does not hold the information on the number of taxpayers with earnings below the Personal Allowance for 2024 to 2025 because the Self Assessment filing deadline of 31 January 2026 has not yet been reached and it has not yet received complete end of year reconciliation information for individuals in PAYE.