§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 19 October 1998,Official Report, column 928, by what means hon. Members may obtain tabulations of data from the British Household Panel Survey which they themselves have specified. [56443]
§ Ms HewittThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Steve Webb, dated 26 October 1998:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent pursuant parliamentary question on the British Household Panel Survey.As I said in my previous reply, the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and conducted by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (formerly the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change).
Table 1—Retail value and tax content of cross-border shopping £ million Product type Retail value Excise duty VAT 1995 Total Retail value Excise duty VAT 1996 Total Alcohol 360 165 75 240 375 175 75 255 Tobacco 65 40 10 50 60 35 10 45 Total 430 205 85 290 435 210 85 300 Note:
Amount actually lost to the Exchequer is less (totals £230 million in 1995 and £235 million in 1996) because not all purchases in other EU states replace similar purchases in the UK
Table 2—Retail value and tax content of cross-Channel smuggling £ million Product type Retail value Excise duty VAT 1996 Total Retail value Excise duty VAT 1997 Total Alcohol 525 180 80 260 580 180 85 260 Tobacco 875 510 130 640 915 550 135 690 Total 1,400 690 210 900 1,490 730 220 950 Notes:
Amount actually lost to the Exchequer is less (totals £835 million in 1996 and £885 million in 1997) because not all purchases in other EU states replace similar purchases in the UK
Figures in both tables have been independently rounded to £5 million. Components may not therefore sum to the totals shown
36WSpecific tabulations from the BHPS are available directly from the Institute for Social and Economic Research (telephone number 01206 872957). Payment may be due for production of specific analyses.