§ Mr. MacKenzieasked the Prime Minister if she will cause to be published in the Official Report a table showing for each year between 1979 and 1984 (a) the amount of revenue received by the Treasury in respect of North sea oil and gas, (b) the amount paid out in respect of unemployment benefit and (c) the percentage figure which (b) forms of (a) in these years.
§ The Prime MinisterThe figures for the financial years 1977–78 to 1983–84 are as follows:
(a) (b) (c) North sea tax take Unemployment benefit (b) as a percentage of (a) £ million £ million percentage 1977–78 238 629 264.3 1978–79 562 632 112.5 1979–80 2,334 653 28.0 1980–81 3,882 1,280 33.0 1981–82 6,461 1,702 26.3 1982–83 7,761 1,500 19.3 1983–84 8,821 1,497 17.0