HC Deb 09 December 1975 vol 902 cc109-10W
Mr. Pardoe

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of central Government revenue was derived from taxes on incomes and taxes on expenditure, respectively, in each year since 1945.

Mr. Denzil Davies

The figures are given in the table below. Comparable figures for the year 1945 are not available.

PERCENTAGE OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT (INCLUDING NATIONAL INSURANCE FUNDS) REVENUE*
Taxes on income Taxes on expenditure
1946 53.4 40.3
1947 45.6 45.6
1948 42.4 44.6
1949 44.0 40.7
1950 43.1 41.1
1951 42.6 42.0
1952 44.8 39.0
1953 43.2 39.3
1954 42.4 40.2
1955 42.5 39.7
1956 41.7 39.9
1957 43.2 39.0
1958 42.4 37.0
1959 41.5 37.3
1960 40.1 38.3
1961 41.1 37.3
1962 42.0 36.0
1963 40.9 36.4
1964 39.4 37.3
1965 39.7 36.9
1966 40.1 36.5
1967 41.1 36.6
1968 40.2 37.5
1969 40.0 38.7
1970 41.3 36.8
1971 42.0 35.4
1972 40.7 34.6
1973 41.0 33.6
1974 44.0 30.3
* Total current receipts of the central Government including national iusurance etc. contributions and rent, dividends and interest.

and could not be obtained without disproportionate expenditure. Value added tax due and tax deductible as recorded on tax returns received from registered persons classified under the shipbuilding, boatbuilding and marine engineering heading (code No. 3700) were: