Tobacco Excise Duty

HC Deb 22 January 1991 vol 184 c112W

Mr. Ted Garrett

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would have been the effect on the retail prices index had tobacco excise duty, inclusive of the value added tax, been index linked for 1990–91.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

It is estimated that the impact on the retail prices index of an indexation of tobacco excise duty in 1990–91 would have been to increase the index by 0.15 per cent.