§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the level of duty on pipe tobacco, in both current and constant money terms, in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 1 May 1981,c. 476]: It is estimated that the duty on 25 grams* of pipe tobacco after the Budget each year, was:
At current prices pence At March 1981 prices pence 1971 28 100 1972 28 94 1973 †24 74 1974 32 86 1975 43 91 1976 41 75 1977 45 71 1978 40 60 1979 40 50 1980 44 48 1981 55 55 * Before 1978 pipe tobacco was usually sold in ounces. 1 ounce equals about 28.3 grams. † The duty was reduced on 1 April 1973 when VAT was introduced.