§ Ian LucasTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the amount of(a) income tax, (b) corporation tax, (c) inheritance tax, (d) capital 613W gains tax, (e) national insurance and (f) VAT paid by organisations and persons in Wales in each year since 1997. [86897]
§ Dawn PrimaroloAvailable information is given in the table. Data on the regional distribution of inheritance tax are not collected regularly. A special survey estimated a yield of about £50 million for Wales in 2000–01. Figures for corporation tax are not available and it would only be possible to provide reliable estimates of national insurance contributions for Wales at disproportionate cost.
£ million 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 Income tax1 2,670 2,630 2,990 3,230 Capital gains tax2 30 40 40 30 VAT3 2,470 2,260 2,500 2,480 1 Estimated income tax liabilities for Wales based on the Survey of Personal Incomes. 2 Estimated capital gains tax liabilities in Wales. 3 VAT is a centrally collected tax and the figure for receipts is only available for the UK as a whole (HM Customs and Excise Annual Report, Table A1). The tax share for Wales is estimated by apportioning the figures for household expenditure from the ONS publication, "Family Expenditure", by the number of households in Wales from "Regional Trends".