§ Dr. McDonaldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish the latest estimates of the real change in taxes, rates and national insurance in 1984–85 compared with 1978–79 broken down (a) into the following categories: (i) income tax, (ii) corporation tax, (iii) North sea taxes, (iv) capital taxes and stamp duty, (v) national insurance contributions, employees (vi) national insurance contributions, employers, (vii) national insurance surcharge, (viii) local authority rates and (ix) taxes on expenditure; and (b) to show the division of changes in income tax between (i) taxes on investment income and (ii) taxes on those in the lower and upper deciles and in the four quartiles of tax units ranked by income.
§ Mr. Moore[pursuant to his reply, 20 December 1984]: The available information is in the table. It is not possible to split the figure for the change in income tax revenue in the way requested.
1984–85 prices £ billion Income tax -0.3 Non-North sea corporation tax -1.1 North sea taxes* 10.9 Capital taxes and stamp duty 0.3 National insurance contributions—employees 3.9 National insurance contributions—employers 0.8 National insurance surcharge -3.0 Local authority rates 2.5 Taxes on expenditure 10.0 Total † 24.1 * Before advanced corporation tax set-off. † Components do not sum to total because of rounding.