§ Mr. Peter DuncanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the outstanding balance is of(a) income tax and (b) national insurance that has been deferred as a result of foot and mouth disease in (i) Dumfries and Galloway, (ii) Scotland and (iii) the United Kingdom. [17390]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 23 November 2001]: Between 21 March 2001 and 18 November 2001 the amount of tax and national insurance contributions deferred as a result of foot and mouth disease totalled £108.12 million.
We do not have specific figures for Dumfries and Galloway but out of the total amount of tax and MC deferred, £11.56 million relates to Scotland and £96.56 million to the rest of the UK.
We do not yet have enough information to give a reliable figure of the net current balance outstanding.