HC Deb 01 November 1990 vol 178 cc653-4W
Mr. Dobson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his answer of 29 October to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras,Official Report, column 365, if he will provide equivalent figures on value added tax for each quarter of 1987 and 1988 and the first two quarters of 1989.

Mr. Ryder

Estimates of value added tax accruing on private consumption of petroleum products for the periods in question are as follows:

£ million
1987
Quarter 1 230
Quarter 2 260
Quarter 3 260

£ million
Quarter 4 260
1988
Quarter 1 250
Quarter 2 270
Quarter 3 280
Quarter 4 270
1989
Quarter 1 270
Quarter 2 310

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his answer of 29 October to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras,Official Report, column 365, when he expects to be able to publish an equivalent estimate of value added tax for the third quarter of 1990.

Mr. Ryder

It is expected that an estimate of value added tax accruing on private consumption of petroleum products will be available early in January.