§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, from information available from international sources, what percentage direct taxation was of total taxation in the other member countries of the 473W European Economic Community in 1958 and 1976; and what were the equivalent figures for the United Kingdom in these years.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe international sources available to me do not specifically refer to direct taxes and do not go beyond 1975. Subject to the qualifications in the notes below the following is the information requested:
Direct taxes as a percentage of total taxes: 1958 1975 United Kingdom … 49.4 56.9 Germany 53.0 … 50.2 France … 36.7 32.2 Italy … 32.7 43.8 Netherlands … 59.7 60.0 Belgium … 45.7 60.7 Luxembourg … 64.8 57.7 Ireland … figure not available 38.9 Denmark … figure not available 62.5