§ 45. Sir G. Nabarroasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer compared with his Budget estimate of £1,101 million revenue from all purchase tax for the year ended 5th April, 1970, how much revenue actually eventuated; how much of such revenue was derived from motor cars; and what was the amount of extra purchase tax he collected on new motor cars in the year stated due to manufacturers' increases in wholesale prices ex-works of such cars.
§ Mr. TaverneReceipts of purchase tax in 1969–70 will be published later today in the Financial Statement. Final information as to how much was derived from motor cars is not yet available, but it was estimated at the time of the last Budget that it would be about £210 million. The information requested in the last part of the Question is not available.
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Financial years 1958–59 84.4 1959–60 89.5 1960–61 93.3 1961–62 95.2 1962–63 96.5 1963–64 102.0 1964–65 106.6 1965–66 109.2 1966–67 110.6 1967–68 113.0 1968–69 116.2
Half-years 1964 1st half 104.6 2nd half 106.6 1965 1st half 107.9 2nd half 109.4 1966 1st half 110.0 2nd half 110.7 1967 1st half 111.5 2nd half 112.5 1968 1st half 114.7 2nd half 117.1 1969 1st half 116.8 2nd half 118.9
§ Mr. Alisonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give for the years 1959–60 to 1963–64 inclusive figures comparable with those given in Table 1.1 of Command Paper No. 4234 for total public expenditure at 1969–70 outturn prices and its annual percentage increase, or as much of this information as is available.
§ Mr. DiamondThe information is as follows: