§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish for each year since 1970 for each member State of the EEC, the United States of America and Japan the average amount of tax and national insurance contribution, or equivalent, paid per capita.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonInformation is available only up to 1975. The average amount of tax and national insurance contributions paid per capita have been converted to sterling using the appropriate exchange rates.
Government revenue from all taxes and national insurance contributions £20,930 million Government revenue from all taxes and national insurance contributions per capita: £374 Central Government revenue from all taxes and national insurance contributions per capita: £336 Government revenue from taxes on income and expenditure* £16,680 million Government revenue from taxes on income and expenditure per capita* £298 Central Government revenue from taxes on income and expenditure per capita* £260 The estimates are provisional.
505WCentral Government revenue from all taxes consists of taxes on income and expenditure, plus taxes on capital. Government, as distinct from central Government, revenue from all taxes also includes local authority receipts of rates.
* Consistent with the estimate for earlier years given in the Answer to the hon. Member on 15th February, Official Report, c. 271-2.