§ Mr. Blairasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 19 December 1986, Official Report, column 742, on the consultation document "VAT Input Tax: Origin and Scope of the Right to Deduct", if he will state, in relation to each of the categories of traders in each group making supplies listed in schedule 6 of the Value-Added Tax Act 1983, how much of the £300 million given in the parliamentary answer he expects to recover; and if he will give figures for the years 1979–80 to 1985–86 of the amount claimed by each of the categories of traders in each group in schedule 6 as a result of their exempt or partially exempt status.
§ Mr. BrookeThe ability of a VAT registered business or group to recover input tax can depend upon many factors and an individual business can have dealings in any number of the categories in Schedule 6 of the Value Added Tax Act 1983. I regret that the information is not available to make the apportionment which the hon. Member requests.