HC Deb 30 June 1992 vol 210 cc469-70W
Dr. David Clark:

To ask Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Carlisle(Mr. Martlew) of 22 June, Offcial Report, column

Gross domestic product by industry group: Percentages oj regions' totals By 1989
North Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia Greater London Rest of South East South West West Midlands North West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2 2 3 5 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 5 2
Energy and water supply 6 6 6 3 2 2 3 3 4 6 5 3 4
Manufacturing 29 27 30 23 14 20 21 32 30 28 22 18 23
Minerals, metals and chemicals 10 7 5 3 2 4 3 5 6 11 4 3 5
Metal goods, engineering and vehicles 9 9 11 9 5 10 10 18 13 9 9 4 10
Other manufacturing 9 11 14 11 7 7 8 9 11 8 10 11 9
Construction 8 8 8 9 5 9 9 7 7 7 8 7 6
Distribution, hotels and catering: repairs 13 16 15 15 15 15 17 15 14 14 14 13 15
Transport, communication 6 7 6 8 10 8 6 6 7 6 8 5 7
Financial and business services less adjustment for financial services 7 8 8 10 23 17 11 9 9 7 9 8 13
Ownership of dwellings 5 5 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 6
Public administration and defence 6 6 6 6 6 7 9 5 6 8 8 14 7
Education and health 11 11 9 9 9 8 9 9 10 11 13 14 10
Other services 6 6 5 6 9 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 7
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Gross domestic product by industry group: Percentages of regions' totals in 1990
North Yorkshire and Humberside East Midlands East Anglia Greater London Rest of London South East South West West Midlands North West Wales Scotland Northern Ireland United Kingdom
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 2 2 4 0 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 2
Energy and water supply 6 6 6 3 2 3 4 3 4 5 5 4 4
Manufacturing 28 26 29 22 13 20 20 31 29 27 22 18 23

2, if he will list for each county in England, Scotland or Wales the number of landowners and estates that have benefited under the tax procedures by which tax liability is reduced on condition that there is an undertaking to manage and protect the land from development and allow reasonable public access.

Mr. Dorrell

[holding answer 26 June 1992]: There have been 117 designations of land for conditional exemption from inheritance tax or capital transfer tax in England and Wales. In addition, there have been 107 designations of historic buildings in England and Wales, some of which will have extended to surrounding land. Some designations of historic buildings have been for the purposes of the tax exemptions for maintenance funds rather than for exemption of the buildings themselves.

A detailed breakdown by county is not readily available. In addition, the normal rules of taxpayer confidentiality would prevent the disclosure of figures for counties with a very small number of designations.

Details of the number of designations for land and buildings in Scotland were given in my reply to the hon. Member on 22 June at column 2.