§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised from each of the taxes payable on each category of tobacco product in the last year for which figures are available. [44006]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe table shows receipts in 1997 and 1997–98:
Duty receipts £million Year Cigarette Cigar Hand rolling tobacco Other smoking and chewing tobacco 1VAT 1997 8,035 139 166 50 1,915 1997–98 8,009 140 158 48 n/a 1 Value added tax has been estimated using non-seasonally adjusted figures for consumers' expenditure at current prices on tobacco (from ONS publication Consumer Trends-Quarter 4 1997, Table 4.1). It is not possible to calculate the VAT for 1997–98 because the ONS estimate for consumers' expenditure on tobacco in Quarter 1 1998 is not yet available.