North Sea Oil

HC Deb 21 June 1991 vol 193 cc354-5W

Mr. Cox

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the income from North sea oil revenues received by the United Kingdom for each of the years from 1980 to 1990.

Mr. Maples

Annual revenues to the Exchequer from the North sea have been as follows:

	£ million
1980–81	3,743
1981–82	6,492
1982–83	7,822
1983–84	8,798
1984–85	12,035
1985–86	11,348
1986–87	4,783
1987–88	4,618
1988–89	3,179
1989–90	2,393
1990–91	2,337