HC Deb 24 May 1972 vol 837 cc426-7W
Mr. Knox

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the total revenue the tax on tobacco has been in each of the past 15 years.

Mr. Higgins

In the last 15 years receipts from the tobacco duty, and these receipts as a proportion of the total net Customs and Excise revenue, have been as follows:

Year Receipts(£ million) Proportion of net C. and E. revenue Per cent.
1957–58 712.5 33.1
1958–59 736.2 33.6
1959–60 788.5 34.5
1960–61 825.2 34.5
1961–62 869.6 33.7
1962–63 878.2 32.9
1963–64 892.1 32.3
1964–65 983.7 31.0
1965–66 1,014.2 29.8
1966–67 1,024.6 28.9
1967–68 1,043.4 28.1
1968–69 1,103.7 23.9
1969–70 1,141.5 23.0
1970–71 1,142.5 24.2
1971–72(April—February only) 1,030.3 20.8

The figures for March, 1972, are not yet available.