§ Mr. Colvinasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) the total annual revenue raised through duty on alcohol, (b) the total annual sales of dutiable alcoholic products and (c) (a) as a percentage of (b) for the years 1970–71 to 1980–81 and including his estimate for the current financial year.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 29 June 1981, c. 248]: Following is the information:
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(a) (b) (c) Alcoholic drinks duties net receipts Alcoholic drink sales* Duty receipts as percentage of sales £ million £ million per cent. 1970–71 931 2,369 39.3 1971–72 999 2,649 37.7 1972–73 1,075 2,982 36.0 1973–74† 954 3,553 26.9 1974–75 1,134 4,033 28.1 1975–76 1,563 5,011 31.2 1976–77‡ 1,946 6,027 32.3 1977–78 2,063 6,779 30.4 1978–79 2,339 7,645 30.6 1979–80 2,445 9,500 25.7 1980–81 §2,606 not available not available 1981–82 ║3,200 not available not available Notes * Derived from data of consumers' expenditure published in Economic Trends and excludes sales to businesses. † The duties on alcoholic drinks were reduced on 1 April 1973 when value added tax was introduced. ‡ Excise duty on cider and perry was introduced on 6 September 1976. § Provisional. ║ Estimate.