§ Mr. Newtonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out in the Official Report a table showing separately and in aggregate, the proceeds, actual in 1973–74 and estimated in 1977–78, from taxes on personal income, taxes on expenditure, taxes on capital, local authority rates and the employee's national insurance contribution.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 31st March 1977; Vol. 929, c. 237], gave the following answer:
558WThe information requested is as follows:
£ million 1973–74 1977–78 Receipts of income tax from the personal sector 8,097 18,951 Taxes on expenditure (excluding rates) 7,603 16,018 Taxes on capital 835 895 Local authority rates 2,670 5,252 Employees' national insurance contributions 1,581 3,081 Total 20,786 44,197