§ Mr. Viggersasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total number of repayment traders for value added tax purposes and also the total number in each of the 29 trade groups listed in the standard industrial classification; and what were to total amounts of value added tax repaid to each such group by
VALUE ADDED TAX: Number of repayment traders and tax repaid by trade group. 1978–79 Trade Group Approximate number of repayment traders Tax repaid £m Primary Industries 1. Agriculture, forestry and fishing … … … 163,700 165 2. Mining and quarrying … … … … 300 120 Manufacturing Industries 3. Food drink and tobacco … … … … 6,600 145 4. Coal and petroleum products … … … … 100 5 5. Chemicals and allied industries … … … … 300 20 6. Metal manufacture … … … … 100 50 7. Mechanical engineering … … … … 1,300 80 8. Instrument engineering … … … … 300 5 9. Electrical engineering … … … … 600 25 10. Shipbuilding, boatbuilding and marine engineering … 600 30 11. Vehicles … … … … 200 40 12. Metal goods not elsewhere specified … 500 10 13. Textiles … … … … 700 30 14. Leather, leather goods and fur … … 100 5 15. Clothing and footwear … … … 1,400 10 16. Bricks, ceramics, glass, cement etc … … … 100 5 17. Timber, furniture, etc … … … … 600 5 18. Paper, printing and publishing … … … … 4,300 75 19. Other manufacturing industries … … … … 700 10 Construction 20. Construction … … … … 87,900 400 Utilities 21. Gas, electricity and water … … … … 100 100 Transport and Communication 22. Transport and communication … … … … 10,900 120 Distributive Trades 23. Wholesale distribution … … … … 14,800 130 24 Retail distribution … … … … 59,700 100 25. Dealers … … … … 7,800 75 Services 26. Insurance, banking, finance and business services … 6,600 80 27. Professional and scientific services … … … 2,400 20 28 Miscellaneous services … … … … 17,500 130 29. Public administration and defence … … … 1,000 195 Totals 391,200 2,185