HC Deb 14 July 1998 vol 316 cc127-8W
Mr. Dismore

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was recovered by way of VAT in the last tax year in respect of grave memorial stones; and if he will make a statement. [49752]

Mrs. Liddell

We have no estimates of the amount of VAT recovered in respect of grave memorial stones.

of the last five years in terms of (i) numbers and (ii) percentages for (1) those aged 65 to 80 years, (2) those aged over 80 years and (3) all ages.The information is given in the attached table.Data are not available by parliamentary constituency. The table therefore gives figures for the London Borough of Sutton and separately for the wards of Cheam South and Cheam West combined. However, these two wards are actually combined within the London Borough of Sutton.Excess Winter Deaths are defined as the number of deaths in the four months from December to March minus the average of the numbers in the preceding autumn (August-November) and the following summer (April-July).The Excess Winter Deaths Index is the number of excess winter deaths expressed as a percentage of the average of the number of deaths in the autumn and the summer periods.