§ Ms CorstonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each source of taxation revenue and for national insurance, (i) the amounts received and what percentage that is of total revenue and (ii) the numbers of people paying in(a) 1980, (b) 1985, (c) 1990 and (d) 1995. [3044]
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§ Mr. Jack[pursuant to his reply, 9 December 1996, c. 27–28]: There was a transcription error in the tables. I apologise for this mistake. The correct figures are given in the following tables.
Information on the amounts of tax received is in table 1. Figures for the numbers of people paying income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax are in table 2. Information on the numbers of people paying other taxes is not available.
Table 1: Tax and National Insurance Receipts (on a cash basis) £ billion 1980–81 1985–86 1990–91 1995–96 Income tax 24.3 35.4 55.3 68.0 Corporation tax 4.6 10.7 21.5 23.6 Value added tax 11.0 19.3 31.0 43.1 Excise duties1 8.9 14.9 19.9 28.4 Other taxes and royalties2 22.6 41.3 40.7 44.2 Social security contributions 14.1 24.5 35.4 44.5 Total 85.4 146.0 203.8 251.8 As a percentage of total Income tax 28.4 24.2 27.1 27.0 Corporation tax 5.4 7.3 10.5 9.4 Value added tax 12.8 13.2 15.2 17.1 Excise duties1 10.4 10.2 9.8 11.3 Other taxes and royalties2 26.4 28.3 20.0 17.6 National insurance contributions 16.S 16.8 17.4 17.7 Total 100 100 100 100 1 Fuel, alcohol and tobacco duties. 2 Includes local taxes as well as other central government taxes. Source:
Office for National Statistics.
Table 2: Taxpayer numbers (thousands) 1980–81 1985–86 1990–91 1995–96 Income tax1 24,900 23,700 26,100 25,700 Corporation tax2 195 275 350 450 Capital gains tax 155 130 110 85 Inheritance tax transfers on death 21 27 21 22 lifetime transfers 5 10 7 3 1 Husbands and wives are counted separately. 2 Taxpayers are companies. Source:
Inland Revenue.