§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for each of the last five years for which figures are available, what are the total amounts by which the revenue generated by the taxation of company cars as benefits in 417W kind fell short of the revenue which would have been generated had such cars been taxed on the basis of the full benefit enjoyed by their users.
§ Mr. MooreI regret that information is not available on which to base a reliable estimate of the change in yield if the benefit from the private use of company cars were to be taxed on the basis described.
Estimates of the yields since 1977–78 arising from the taxation of this benefit (including car fuel benefit from 1983–84) were given in my reply of 1 April, at columns 507–8, to the hon. Member for Leicester, East. (Mr. Bruinvels).