§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each year since 1945 the total Government revenue from all taxes, and the total central Government revenue from all taxes per capita, respectively.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonFigures for the years 1946 to 1976 inclusive are given in the table below; comparable figures for 1945 are not available. Central Government revenue from all taxes is taken as receipts of taxes on income and expenditure; Government revenue from all taxes is taken as central Government revenue above plus local authority receipts of rates.
Year Total Government revenue from all taxes: per capita Total central Government revenue from all taxes: per capita £ £ 1946 … 67 62 1947 … 67 61 1948 … 72 66 1949 … 75 69 1950 … 77 70 1951 … 83 76 1952 … 88 80 1953 … 88 79 1954 … 91 82 1955 … 97 88 1956 … 101 90 1957 … 107 96 1958 … 111 98 1959 … 114 100 1960 … 116 101 1961 … 127 111 1962 … 137 120 1963 … 138 119 1964 … 149 128 1965 … 166 144 1966 … 183 158 1967 … 205 178 1968 … 228 200 1969 … 257 227 1970 … 286 253 1971 … 299 262 1972 … 310 268 1973 … 347 299 1974 … 428 373 1975 … 548 476 1976 … 632 551
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each 699W year since 1945 the total Government revenue from income tax and surtax, the total Government revenue from income tax and surtax per household and the
Net receipt of income tax and surtax £million per household per capita £ £ 1945–46 … … … … … … … 1,440.9 na na 1946–47 … … … … … … … 1,231.1 na 25 1947–48 … … … … … … … 1,288.7 na 26 1948–49 … … … … … … … 1,460.0 na 29 1949–50 … … … … … … … 1,551.2 na 31 1950–51 … … … … … … … 1,534.8 na 30 1951–52 … … … … … … … 1,811.4 122 36 1952–53 … … … … … … … 1,882.9 126 37 1953–54 … … … … … … … 1,849.4 122 36 1954–55 … … … … … … … 2,008.5 130 39 1955–56 … … … … … … … 2,083.7 134 41 1956–57 … … … … … … … 2,289.8 146 45 1957–58 … … … … … … … 2,381.5 150 46 1958–59 … … … … … … … 2,483.8 154 48 1959–60 … … … … … … … 2,397.1 147 46 1960–61 … … … … … … … 2,618.6 158 50 1961–62 … … … … … … … 2,943.7 174 56 1962–63 … … … … … … … 3,004.1 176 56 1963–64 … … … … … … … 2,928.8 168 55 1964–65 … … … … … … … 3,272.7 186 61 1965–66 … … … … … … … 3,886.3 218 71 1966–67 … … … … … … … 3,480.5 193 64 1967–68 … … … … … … … 4,052.9 223 74 1968–69 … … … … … … … 4,574.4 249 83 1969–70 … … … … … … … 5,162.3 278 93 1970–71 … … … … … … … 5,979.5 320 108 1971–72 … … … … … … … 6,780.5 359 122 1972–73 … … … … … … … 6,818.0 357 122 1973–74 … … … … … … … 7,444.0 389 133 1974–75 … … … … … … … 10,457.2 536 187 1975–76 … … … … … … … 15,149.5 773 270 1976–77 … … … … … … … 17,075.9 862 305 na—Not available.
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each year since 1945 the average amount of tax and national insurance contribution paid per family andper capita, respectively, in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonFigures of the average amount of tax and national insurance contributionper capita for the years 1946 to 1976 inclusive are given below; comparable figures for 1945 are not available. No figures are available on a per family basis. Tax has been taken as central Government receipts of taxes on income, expenditure and capital, and the local authority receipts of rates; national insurance contribution has been taken as receipts under the national insurance, national health and redundancy schemes.
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Year £ 1946 … … 73 1947 … … 75 total Government revenue from income tax and surtaxper capita.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe available figures are as follows:
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Year £ 1948 … … 83 1949 … … 89 1950 … … 89 1951 … … 96 1952 … … 100 1953 … … 102 1954 … … 105 1955 … … 112 1956 … … 117 1957 … … 124 1958 … … 131 1959 … … 135 1960 … … 138 1961 … … 135 1962 … … 165 1963 … … 168 1964 … … 181 1965 … … 203 1966 … … 222 1967 … … 246 1968 … … 275 1969 … … 309 1970 … … 346 1971 … … 362 1972 … … 384 1973 … … 432 1974 … … 532 1975 … … 684 1976 … … 798
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing for each year since 1945 the proportion of gross domestic product at factor costs and market prices, absorbed by (a) income tax, (b) income tax plus indirect taxes and excise duties, (c) income tax plus indirect taxes and excise duties, (d) excise duties, (e) employee's social security contributions and (f) Government revenue as a whole.
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Per cent Taxes on income Taxes on income plus taxes on expenditure Excise duties Employees' social security contributions Total current account receipts of central Government as a proportion of gross domestic product at factor costs 1946 … 19.6 34.4 N.A. 1.0 36.8 1947 … 16.1 33.3 N.A. 1.3 35.4 1948 … 15.6 32.1 N.A. 1.6 36.9 1949 … 16.4 31.6 N.A. 1.9 37.3 1950 … 15.9 31.0 N.A. 1.9 36.9 1951 … 15.2 30.2 N.A. 1.7 35.8 1952 … 15.7 29.4 N.A. 1.7 35.2 1953 … 14.2 27.1 N.A. 1.7 33.0 1954 … 13.6 26.5 N.A. 1.6 32.2 1955 … 13.7 26.6 N.A. 1.7 32.3 1956 … 12.9 25.3 N.A. 1.6 31.0 1957 … 13.4 25.5 N.A. 1.6 30.9 1958 … 13.5 25.2 N.A. 2.1 31.7 1959 … 13.0 24.7 N.A. 2.0 31.1 1960 … 12.1 23.7 N.A. 1.9 29.9 1961 … 12.7 24.3 N.A. 2.1 30.8 1962 … 13.7 25.4 N.A. 2.3 32.5 1963 … 12.6 23.8 N.A. 2.4 30.7 1964 … 12.3 23.8 N.A. 2.4 30.8 1965 … 13.1 25.1 2.2 2.5 32.6 1966 … 13.8 25.6 2.2 2.5 33.8 1967 … 15.1 26.8 1.7 2.5 35.9 1968 … 15.4 281 1.7 2.6 37.9 1969 … 16.4 30.0 1.8 2.6 40.4 1970 … 17.2 30.4 1.7 2.8 41.4 1971 … 16.0 28.3 1.6 2.6 38.4 1972 … 14.7 26.4 1.5 2.7 36.3 1973 … 14.6 26.2 1.2 2.7 35.6 1974 … 17.0 28.4 1.2 2.7 38.3 1975 … 17.8 28.7 1.2 2.8 39.0 1976 … 17.2 28.3 1.3 2.8 39.0 as a proportion of gross domestic product at market prices* 1946 … 17.3 30.4 N.A. 0.9 32.4 1947 … 14.1 28.2 N.A. 1.1 31.0 1948 … 13.7 28.1 N.A. 1.4 32.4 1949 … 14.5 27.9 N.A. 1.7 32.9 1950 … 14.0 27.3 N.A. 1.7 32.4 1951 … 13.3 26.4 N.A. 1.5 31.3 1952 … 13.9 26.0 N.A. 1.5 31.0 1953 … 12.5 23.9 N.A. 1.5 29.1 1954 … 11 .9 23.1 N.A. 1.4 28.1 1955 … 12.1 23.4 N.A. 1.5 28.4 1956 … 11.4 22.3 N.A. 1.4 27.3 1957 … 11.8 22.4 N.A. 1.4 27.3 1958 … 11.9 22.3 N.A. 1.8 28.1 1959 … 11.5 21.8 N.A. 1.8 27.5 1960 … 10.7 21.0 N.A. 1.7 26.6 1961 … 11.3 21.5 N.A. 1.9 27.4 1962 … 12.1 22.5 N.A. 2.1 28.7 1963 … 11.2 21.2 N.A. 2.1 27.2 1964 … 10.8 20.9 N.A. 2.1 27.1 1965 … 11.5 22.0 2.0 2.2 28.6 1966 … 12.0 22.3 1.9 2.2 29.5
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesFigures for the years 1946 to 1976 are given in the table below; comparable figures for 1945 are not available. The items shown relate to central Government current account receipts as defined in the national accounts. Excise duties are given for the later years only; prior to 1965 they are not separately distinguishable from customs duties.
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Per cent Taxes on income Taxes on income plus taxes on expenditure Excise duties Employees' social security contributions Total current account receipts of central Government 1967 … 13.1 23.2 1.5 2.2 31.3 1968 … 13.3 24.2 1.5 2.3 32.7 1969 … 13.9 25.5 1.6 2.2 34.4 1970 … 14.6 25.9 1.5 2.3 35.3 1971 … 13.8 24.4 1.4 2.2 33.2 1972 … 12.8 23.0 1.3 2.4 31.6 1973 … 12.9 23.1 1.0 2.4 31.3 1974 … 15.3 25.5 1.1 2.5 34.4 1975 … 16.0 25.9 1.1 2.5 35.1 1976 … 15.3 25.2 1.2 2.5 34.8 * Movements in total taxes expressed as a proportion of gross domestic product valued at market prices may reflect changes in the relative shares of direct and indirect taxation.