§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the proportion of Government revenue raised by (a) direct and (b) indirect taxes for each of the past 20 years.
§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion social security contributions 390W have made to total Government revenue for each year since 1955–56; and if he will also divide this data according to the contributions made by (a) employees and (b) employers.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe proportion of social security contributions to total Government revenue since 1955–56 is as follows:
Year Total Social Security Contributions Employees Contributions Employers Contributions 1955–56 11 6 5 1956–57 10 6 5 1957–58 11 6 5 1958–59 13 7 6 1959–60 13 7 6 1960–61 12 7 6 1961–62 14 7 6 1962–63 14 7 6 1963–64 15 8 7 1964–65 14 8 7 1965–66 15 8 8 1966–67 15 7 7 1967–68 14 7 7 1968–69 14 7 7 1969–70 13 6 7 1970–71 14 7 7 1971–72 15 7 7 1972–73 16 8 8 1973–74 17 8 9 1974–75 17 7 10 1975–76 18 7 11 1976–77 19 8 11 1977–78 19 7 11 1978–79 18 7 11 1979–80 17 7 10 1980–81 17 7 10 1981–82 16 7 9 1982–83 17 8 9 1983–84 18 9 9 1984–85 18 9 9