HC Deb 23 February 1994 vol 238 c275W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate what the nation's tax burden as a percentage of gross domestic product will be in 1998–99; and what this figure was in 1978–79.

Mr. Dorrell

Estimates for the non-North sea tax burden are shown in table 2A.2 of the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1994–95".

Percentage of Gross Domestic Product in the finance and business sector1
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 21992
North 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Yorkshire and Humberside 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 8 8 8
East Midlands 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
East Anglia 7 7 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9
Greater London 15 15 17 19 21 21 22 23 22 22
Rest of South East 13 13 14 15 16 17 17 17 16 16
South West 8 8 8 9 10 9 10 10 10 9
West Midlands 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 9 8 9
North West 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
Wales 5 5 6 6 7 6 7 7 7 7
Scotland 7 7 8 8 9 8 9 9 9 10
Northern Ireland 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 7
United Kingdom 9 9 10 11 12 12 12 13 12 12
1 Excluding rent on dwellings.
2 1992 results are provisional.