HC Deb 12 June 1991 vol 192 cc547-8W
Sir George Gardiner

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the detailed provisional outturns in 1990–91 by both volume and excise revenue for(a) still wines not exceeding 15 per cent. alcohol, (b) still wines exceeding 15 per cent. alcohol, (c) sparkling wines, (d) beer, (e) cider and perry, (f) made-wines and (g) spirits; and if he will give his similarly detailed latest forecasts for 1991–92.

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

The following provisional information is available. Forecasts of volumes are not available for 1991–92.

Taxes and benefits as percentages of income by quintile groups of households 11977–88
1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1988
(a) Retired households
Cash benefits as percentages of gross income:
Bottom quintile group 90 93 91 90 85 88 87
2nd quintile group 90 91 88 88 86 86 85
3rd quintile group 86 87 83 82 81 78 81
4th quintile group 74 74 72 69 66 60 57
Top quintile group 34 37 34 31 28 22 24
Average over all households 65 67 64 61 58 52 53
Income tax, NIC and domestic rates as percentages of gross income:
Bottom quintile group 13 11 11 12 16 15 18
2nd quintile group 8 8 9 9 10 12 12
3rd quintile group 9 8 10 9 11 12 13
4th quintile group 11 10 11 11 13 14 14
Top quintile group 22 20 20 22 22 23 21
Average over all households 15 13 14 15 16 17 17
Indirect taxes as percentages of disposable income:
Bottom quintile group 19 19 21 26 28 27 27
2nd quintile group 16 16 19 21 19 20 21
3rd quintile group 15 16 17 20 17 18 18
4th quintile group 15 17 18 20 20 21 21
Top quintile group 17 16 19 18 17 19 18
Average over all households 16 17 19 20 19 20 20
Benefits in kind as percentages of final income:
Bottom quintile group 36 34 36 36 37 39 44
2nd quintile group 32 33 34 32 31 33 34
3rd quintile group 30 33 32 29 28 29 32
4th quintile group 28 28 28 26 25 25 25
Top quintile group 15 16 16 15 13 12 13
Average over all households 26 27 27 25 24 24 25
(b) Non-retired households
Cash benefits as percentages of gross income:
Bottom quintile group 26 29 35 47 53 53 49
2nd quintile group 11 12 14 17 17 18 15
3rd quintile group 7 8 8 10 9 8 7
4th quintile group 4 5 5 6 5 4 3
Top quintile group 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Average over all households 7 8 9 11 11 10 8

1990–91 outturns 1991–92 forecast1
Clearances (thousand hectolitres) Revenue (£ billion) Revenue(£ billion)
(a) Still wine below 15 per cent.2 5,920 0.6 0.9
(b) Still wine above 15 per cent.2 380 0.1
(c) Sparkling wine 360 0.1
(f) Made wine 680 0.1
(d) Beer 62,540 2.2 2.3
(e) Cider and perry 3 3,690 0.1 0.1
(g) Spirits 4990 1.7 1.9
1 Chancellor's 1991–92 Budget Statement forecasts.
2 Wine of fresh grape.
3 Estimated.
4 Pure spirit alcohol.