§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of revenue to be derived from air passenger duty in the first full financial year in respect of(a) scheduled passenger flights to and from Orkney, (b) scheduled passenger flights to and from Shetland, (c) scheduled passenger flights to and from the western isles and (d) scheduled passenger flights to and from airports operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd.
§ Sir John Cope[holding answer 15 December 1993]: The total revenue yield from passengers on these routes is expected to be under £2 million.
844Wand if he will give the figures including and excluding national insurance contributions and for men and women separately.
§ Mr. DorrellLatest estimates are in the table. For the purposes of the calculations, the 1978–79 regime has been indexed to 1994–95 by reference to the statutory formula and allowing for independent taxation and applied directly to the income base of 1994–95. In practice, retention of the regime, indexed as appropriate, for the intervening years would have led to changes in the income base.