§ 42. Sir G. Nabarroasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage of the total yield of taxation in each of the 10 years 1960 to 1969 represented by each of the following taxes, namely, income tax, surtax, purchase tax, petrol duty, tobacco duty, customs and excise duties on alcohol, corporation tax, 57W formerly income and profits taxes on corporation profits, selective employment tax, import duties, gambling taxes, estate duty, and all other taxes, indicating which figures are provisional.
SPECIFIED TAXES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS FROM TAXATION* 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 (provisional) Income tax 40.9 41.7 42.5 42.0 40.9 41.8 45.8 36.8 36.3 34¾ Surtax 3.2 3.2 3.4 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.8 1.9 1¾ Purchase tax† 9.1 8.5 8.5 8.4 8.8 8.0 7.6 7.5 8.5 8¾ Petrol duties (hydrocarbon oils)† 7.2 7.8 8.2 8.5 8.9 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.4 10 Tobacco duty 14.7 14.0 13.1 13.3 13.1 12.4 11.4 10.4 9.4 9 Duties on alcohol (beer, wines, spirits) 7.2 7.2 7.0 7.2 7.8 7.6 7.5 7.3 6.8 6¾ Corporation tax — — — — — — 0.3 11.7 11.2 10¾ Profits tax, excess profits tax, etc. 4.7 5.2 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.8 1.5 0.4 0.1 0 S.E.T — — — — — — 3.3 4.4 5.4 6¾ Import duties (protective duties and temporary charge on imports) 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.9 4.2 3.5 1.9 1.9 1¾ Betting and gaming duties 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.8 ¾ Estate (death duty) 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.6 4.3 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.3 2¾ All other taxes 5.3 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.4 3.4 3.4 5.0 6¾ * Taxes on income, expenditure and capital as defined in the national income accounts. † Purchase tax and duty on hydrocarbon oils are before deduction of export rebates, which are included with "all other taxes".