§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the amount of corporation tax paid by manufacturing industry in each financial year since 1978–79 and the proportion of the total corporation tax precept comprised by manufacturing in each of those years.
§ Mr. LilleyInformation on a comparable basis is available only from 1986–87 and is as follows:
Net receipts of corporation tax1 from manufacturing industries Year Amount £ billion As proportion of total onshore CT receipts (net)2 Per cent. 1986–87 3.6 29.7 1987–88 4.5 29.7 1988–89 5.9 32.9 1 Including advance corporation tax and net of repayments. 2 Excludes north sea MCT receipts.