HC Deb 16 February 1938 vol 331 cc1900-1W
Mr. Ridley

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what were the total amounts raised from direct and indirect taxes, respectively, in 1918 and in each succeeding financial year?

Lieut.-Colonel Colville

The following table shows the amounts raised by taxation

—— Indirect. Direct. Total.
£ Percentage. £ Percentage. £
1918–19 … 160,880,000 20.50 625,922,000* 79.50 786,802,000
1919–20 … 280,264,000 28.00 720,622,000* 72.00 1,000,886,000
1920–21 … 328,819,000 31.84 703,923,000* 68.16 1,032,742,000
1921–22 … 318,108,000 37.29 535,027,000* 62.71 853,135,000
1922–23 … 274,588,000 35.58 497,232,000 64.42 771,820,000
1923–24 … 262,731,000 36.54 456,345,000 63.46 719,076,000
1924–25 … 229,455,000 33.07 464,386,000 66.93 693,841,000
1925–26 … 232,320,000 33.98 451,303,000 66.02 683,623,000
1926–27 … 234,429,000 35.54 425,136,000 64.46 659,565,000
1927–28 … 245,404,000 35.27 450,338,000 64.73 695,742,000
1928–29 … 247,134,000 36.03 438,709,000 63.97 685,843,000
1929–30 … 242,615,000 35.85 434,166,000 64.15 676,781,000
1930–31 … 240,918,000 34.23 462,991,000 65.77 703,909,000
1931–32 … 250,073,000 34.12 482,915,000 65.88 732,988,000
1932–33 … 282,702,000 39.00 442,268,000 61.00 724,970,000
1933–34 … 281,534,000 39.71 427,522,000 60.29 709,056,000
1934–35 … 284,970,000 40.18 424,182,000 59.82 709,152,000
1935–36 … 298,932,000 40.43 440,451,000 59.57 739,383,000
1936–37 … 314,931,000 40.29 466,791,000 59.71 781,722,000
1937–38† … 327,990,000 39.30 506,660,000 60.70 834,650,000
* Includes Excess Profits Duty, as follows:
£
1918–19 … … … 283,977,000
1919–20 … … … 289,208,000
1920–21 … … … 218,099,000
1921–22 … … … 29,671,000
† Budget Estimate.