§ Mr. Dewarasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the yield from duty on whisky in each of the last five years and the estimated yield in the year 1984–85.
§ Mr. HayhoeIt is estimated that the revenue raised from excise duty on whisky in each of the last five financial years was as follows:
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£ million 1979–80 575 1980–81 575 1981–82 625 1982–83 *475 1983–84 *820 Note
* The introduction of duty deferment on 15 February 1983 reduced the revenue in 1982–83 by a substantial amount, most of which was transferred into 1983–84. The 1984–85 forecast for the duty from all spirits is £1,400 million. Of this, probably about half will be from whisky.