§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give(a) the total revenue received from corporation tax and (b) that sum as a percentage of all revenue received from taxation, for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[holding answer 1 December 1987]: The information is as follows:
Net receipts of corporation tax1 £ million Per cent.2 1978–79 3,940 8.1 1979–80 4,646 7.6 1980–81 4,645 6.5 1981–82 4,930 5.7 1982–83 5,679 6.2 1983–84 6,184 6.4 1984–85 8,341 7.8 1985–86 10,708 9.4 1986–87 13,495 11.3 1 Including advance corporation tax. 2 As percentage of total taxes and royalties. Source: Table 3.13 and S24 Financial Statistics.