HC Deb 03 November 1987 vol 121 cc685-6W
Mr. Holt

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the annual income from taxation on tobacco and tobacco product to the Exchequer in each of the past eight years.

Mr. Brooke

Receipts from the taxation of all tobacco products were as follows (figures in £ million):

figures relate to the health board in which the examining laboratories are located, which is not necessarily the health board in which the cervical smears were taken.

Excise VAT1 Total tax
1979–80 2,583.7 450 3,033.7
1980–81 2,820.6 630 3,450.6
1981–82 3,420.4 720 4,140.4
1982–83 3,445.8 770 4,215.8
1983–84 3,805.5 810 4,615.5
1984–85 4,140.0 860 5,000.0
1985–86 4,459.4 910 5,369.4
1986–87 4,767.6 970 5,737.6
1Estimated VAT receipts based on consumers' expenditure data.