§ Mr. Oramasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state, for the last convenient year, the proportions of central government funds which are represented respectively by direct taxation, indirect taxation, employees' social insurance contributions and employers' social insurance contributions; and, in
PERCENTAGES OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT CURRENT REVENUE — Direct taxes Social* security contributions Indirect taxes Other† Belgium … … … 28 28 40 4 France … … … 19 28 51 2 W. Germany … … … 27 26 39 8 Italy … … … 45 42 13 Netherlands … … … 38 24 31 7 United Kingdom … … … 35 11 43 11 * Comparable figures for employees' and employers' contributions are not available. † Property income and current transfers from abroad. In accordance with international practice death duties are treated as capital transfers and excluded from current revenue.