§ 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 tobacco duty, (b) the total annual sales of dutiable tobacco 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 ReesFollowing is the information:108W
(a) Tobacco net duty receipts (£ million) (b) Tobacco product sales* (£ million) (c) Duty as a percentage of sales (per cent.) 1970–71 1,143 1,715 66.6 1971–72 1,125 1,721 65.4 1972–73 1,185 1,830 64.8 1973–74† 1,087 1,978 55.0 1974–75 1,340 2,344 57.2 1975–76 1,679 2,843 59.1 1976–77 1,875 3,215 58.3 1977–78 2,058 3,749 54.9 1978–79 2,449 3,953 62.0 1979–80 2,584 4,438 58.2 1980–81 ‡2,811 Not available Not available 1981–82 **3,220 Not available Not available * Derived from data of consumers' expenditure published in the Monthly Digest of Statistics. Excludes sales to businesses, which are thought to be small. † Tobacco duty was reduced on 1 April 1973 when value added tax was introduced. ‡ Provisional. ** Estimate.