Tobacco Taxation

HC Deb 17 December 1993 vol 234 c969W

Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised from taxes on tobacco products in the last year for which figures are available.

Sir John Cope

The information available is as follows:

	Tobacco Duty receipts	VAT on tobacco expenditure
	£ million	£ million
1992–93	6,041	1,520

Value added tax has been estimated from Central Statistical Office figures on consumers' expenditure on tobacco products.