HC Deb 11 June 1979 vol 968 c138W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of revenue comes from income tax, value added tax and other taxes, respectively, in Great Britain. France and Western Germany.

Mr. Peter Rees

The latest available information is given in the table below:

countries do not correspond to each other nor to the coverages of VAT in the United Kingdom. For these reasons I regret that the information requested cannot be provided without a disproportionate expenditure of time and resources.