§ Dr. CableTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate for the last 20 years the total revenue yield from local domestic taxation(a) in cash terms and (b) as a share of national income distinguishing between those periods when the revenue base was (i) domestic rating, (ii) community charge and (iii) council tax. [112515]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Dr Vincent Cable, dated 6 March 2000:
The Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on local domestic taxation. I am replying in Dr Holt's absence.Table A shows local government receipts (£ million) from domestic taxation. Since 1989 there have been regional differences in the types of local taxation, so the table shows a split of the receipts into domestic rates, community charge and council tax. Table B repeats this presentation, but shows receipts as a percentage of gross national income.520W
TableA—Local government receipts from household taxation £ million Total Domestic rates NMHK Community charge NMHL Council tax NMHM 1979 2,809 2,809 — — 1980 3,551 3,551 — — 1981 4,314 4,314 — — 1982 5,083 5,083 — — 1983 4,962 4,962 — — 1984 5,212 5,212 — — 1985 5,705 5,705 — — 1986 6,521 6,521 — — 1987 7,214 7,214 — — 1988 8,384 8,384 — — 1989 9,433 8,810 623 — 1990 11,276 2,259 9,017 — 1991 8,545 67 8,478 — 1992 8,276 69 8,207 — 1993 8,169 56 2,122 5,991 1994 8,508 58 — 8,450 1995 9,209 58 — 9,151 1996 9,923 62 — 9,861 1997 10,751 61 — 10,690 1998 11,667 64 — 11,603
Table B—Local government receipts from household taxation (as percentage of gross national income (ABMX)) Total Domestic rates NMHK Community charge NMHL Council tax NMHM 1979 1.44 1.44 — — 1980 1.57 1.57 — — 1981 1.72 1.72 — — 1982 1.86 1.86 — — 1983 1.65 1.65 — — 1984 1.61 1.61 — — 1985 1.62 1.62 — — 1986 1.71 1.71 — — 1987 1.73 1.73 — — 1988 1.80 1.80 — — 1989 1.86 1.74 0.12 — 1990 2.05 0.41 1.64 — 1991 1.48 0.01 1.47 — 1992 1.37 0.01 1.36 — 1993 1.29 0.01 0.33 0.94 1994 1.25 0.01 — 1.24 1995 1.29 0.01 — 1.28 1996 1.31 0.01 — 1.30 1997 1.32 0.01 — 1.32 1998 1.36 0.01 — 1.35