HC Deb 28 January 1991 vol 184 cc387-8W
Sir Ian Gilmour

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage of personal income taken by(a) income tax, (b) national insurance contributions, (c) domestic rates/community charge and (d) value added tax, in 1979 and 1990.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Figures are not yet available in respect of 1990 for these items. The percentages in 1979 and 1989 are given in the table:

As a percentage of total personal income
1979 1989
Income tax 12.7 12.2
National insurance contributions 6.8 7.5
Domestic rates/community charge 2.1 2.7
Value added tax 4.1 5.4