HC Deb 24 July 1986 vol 102 cc463-4W
Mr. Pawsey

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was received in direct and indirect taxation from the cement industry in the latest financial year for which figures are available.

Mr. Brooke

Net VAT in the financial year 1985–86 from the cement industry was £58.4 million. A comparable figure for the yield of direct taxes from the cement industry could only be made available at disproportionate cost.