HC Deb 06 July 1995 vol 263 c312W
Mr. Rooney

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount of VAT collected in each of the last 10 fiscal years expressed(a) at April 1995 prices and (b) as a percentage of total Exchequer income. [32329]

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

[holding answer 4 July 1995]: The figures are as follows:

Net VAT receipts
(a) at April 1995 prices £ million (b) as proportion of central government receipts percentage
1985–86 30,092 14.9
1986–87 32,234 15.7
1987–88 34,910 16.1
1988–89 37,401 16.8
1989–90 37,421 17.0
1990–91 35,885 15.9
1991–92 39,361 17.7
1992–93 39,891 18.5
1993–94 41,024 18.6
1994–95 42,879 18.5

Figures for 1994–95 are provisional.