HC Deb 15 March 1990 vol 169 c370W
21. Mr. Parry

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of non-oil gross domestic product non-oil taxes and national insurance contributions represented in(a) 1978–79 and (b) 1989–90.

Mr. Ryder

Non-oil taxes and national insurance contributions amounted to 34.1 per cent. of non-oil GDP in 1978–79, and 37.1 per cent. in 1988–89, the latest available year.