§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 9 June,Official Report, column 258, what was the total turnover and the total profits of the largest 25 United Kingdom firms of which corporation tax was due in each year from 1987; and if he will provide the turnover and corporation tax figures in both (a) current prices and (b) 1987 prices.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 22 June 1993.]: Latest readily available figures covering five years for turnover, profit before tax, and corporation tax liability of the 25 largest profitable United Kingdom companies and company groups, based on turnover in their latest accounts, are as follows:
1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Criminal cases 12 14 14 11 14 Civil cases 64,926 70,548 74,974 74,414 68,563 Revenue recovered (£ million) 706 933 1,091 1,324 1,361 Numbers of cases are for successful Inland Revenue investigations only.