HC Deb 15 January 1991 vol 183 c461W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide figures for VAT returns for the Gordon constituency, or the Gordon district and Aberdeen district, for the last five years for which data are complete.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The figures for VAT returns are not available in the form requested except at disproportionate cost. It has been possible to provide details for the last two financial years for traders currently registered at the Aberdeen local VAT office which covers the north-east of Scotland from Montrose to Nairn and the Shetland islands. The figures are as follows:

Year ending Payments by Traders £ million Repayments to Traders £ million Net Payments to Traders £ million
31 March 1989 129.3 165.2 35.9
31 March 1990 167.1 204.5 37.4