Books (Prosecutions) (Hansard, 9 January 1985)

§ Mr. Dobson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many prosecutions have been mounted by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise since 1979 against books listed in the edition of British Books in Print current at the time of prosecution.

	Percentage of gross domestic product at market prices
	1979–80	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	^*1984–85
Taxes on income	13.4	14.0	15.1	15.2	14.9	15.7
Taxes on expenditure	11.9	11.9	12.5	12.1	12.0	11.9
National insurance contributions	5.8	6.1	6.3	6.6	7.0	7.0
Capital taxes	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5
Stamp duty	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3
Local authority rates	3.4	3.7	4.2	4.3	4.1	3.9
Total†	35.2	36.4	39.1	39.0	38.8	39.2
of which North Sea taxes‡	1.1	1.7	2.4	2.7	2.9	3.6
^* Estimate.
† Components may not sum to total because of rounding.
‡ Before Advanced Corporation Tax set-off.

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