HC Deb 06 December 1991 vol 200 c250W
Mr. Nicholas Brown

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total inheritance tax yield in Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the latest year for which information is available.

Mr. Maude

The latest year for which information is available is 1990–91. Receipts in this year were £1,262 million for the United Kingdom, of which £56 million was collected in Northern Ireland. Much of the tax collected in Northern Ireland related to deaths in England and Wales.