HC Deb 12 November 1985 vol 86 cc125-6W
Mr. Meacher

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the level of real demand in the economy each year since 1960; and what was the growth rate in each of those years.

Year Royalty Supplementary petroleum duty Petroleum revenue tax Corporation tax £ million Gas levy
Total before ACT set-off ACT set-off Main stream CT Total government revenues from United Kingdom oil and gas production
1973–74 12 3 3 15
1974–75 15 5 5 20
1975–76 20 5 5 25
1976–77 71 10 10 81
1977–78 228 10 10 238
1978–79 289 183 93 40 53 565
1979–80 628 1,435 248 78 170 2,311
1980–81 992 2,410 333 97 236 3,735
1981–82 1,396 2,025 2,390 680 270 410 6,491 383
1982–83 1,632 2,395 3,274 513 202 311 7,814 471
1983–84 1,904 6,017 861 428 433 8,782 522
1984–85 2,426 7,177 2,399 1,242 1,157 12,002 500
*1985–86 2,500 8,200 2,800 1,200 1,600 13,500 520
* Forecast: as published in the 1985–86 Financial Statement and Budget Report.

Forecasts of total Government revenues from United Kingdom oil and gas production for each financial year up to 1988–89 were published in table 2.3 of the 1985–86 "Financial Statement and Budget Report" and for a longer-term projection on specified assumptions, I refer the hon. Member to table A.10 of the Green Paper "The Next Ten Years: Public Expenditure and Taxation into the 1990s" (Cmnd 9189).

Mr. MacGregor

[pursuant to his reply, 11 November 1985, c. 69]: Figures for the level of real demand in the economy (interpreted as final expenditure on goods and services at 1980 market prices) are as follows for the years 1960 to 1962:

£ million
1960 170,859
1961 175,364
1962 177,515

Figures for subsequent years are published in table 1.5 in the 1985 edition of the CSO publication "United Kingdom National Accounts". The growth rates requested may be readily derived using this information.