§ Mr. John Morrisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the number of persons who will be paying tax because of his decision not to uprate personal allowances; what will be the cost of collection; and how many civil servants will be required for this purpose;
(2) what is his estimate of the change in the number of people who will be paying tax as a result of his Budget and what is the change in the number of civil servants needed for the collection of tax.
§ Sir Geoffrey Howe[pursuant to his replies, 19 March 1981, c. 175–6.]: For the answer to the first part of the first question, I refer the right hon. and learned Member to the reply to the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Mr. Cunningham) on 19 March.
Yield at constant 1975 prices (£ million, 1975): Percentage of GDP at market prices: 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81* 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81* Income Tax 14642 13080 12948 12263 12496 13.5 11.8 11.4 10.6 11.2 Corporation Tax 2254 2498 2669 2700 2296 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.1 VAT 3358 3430 3658 5845 5893 3.1 3.1 3.2 5.0 5.3 National Insurance Contributions Employees' 2995 2917 2757 2779 2865 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.6 Employers' 4508 5358 5598 4217 4239 4.2 4.8 4.9 3.6 3.8 Capital gains tax 275 254 239 250 257 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Development Land tax 1 5 9 15 12 — — — — — Capital transfer tax 220 233 219 233 205 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Petroleum revenue tax — — 124 834 1195 — — 0.1 0.7 1.1 Stamp duty 231 281 294 360 314 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Excise duty 6565 6590 6565 6212 5818 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.4 5.2 Estate duty 106 65 31 19 13 0.1 0.1 — — — * Estimate