HC Deb 06 December 1962 vol 668 cc217-8W
44. Mr. Millan

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the gross national product of the United Kingdom is represented by central and local taxation and National Insurance contributions combined; and whether he will publish any similar information he has obtained through the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for the United States of America, France, Belgium, Western Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy.

Mr. du Cann

Following is the reply:

Central and local taxes plus National Insurance and Health contributions as a percentage of gross national product at factor cost
United Kingdom … … 32.7
United States … … 30.5
France … … 40.8
Belgium … … 26.5
Germany … … 40.4
Netherlands … … 34.5
Italy … … 32.0

NOTE: The figures relate to the calendar year 1961, except in the case of Belgium, for which 1960 are the latest available. Death duties are not treated as taxes in the tables for which figures for other countries have been drawn, and they have therefore been omitted also from the United Kingdom figures.