§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the total receipts from(a) value added tax and (b) income tax for 1979 and for each subsequent financial year for which figures are available.
§ Sir John CopeThe information requested is given in the table below. It also appears monthly in "Financial Statistics" which is produced by the Central Statistical Office.
£ million December 1993 January 1994 February 1994 March 1994 April 1994 May 1994 Spirits 307 115 68 112 126 128 Percentage of alcohol revenue 43.6 25.4 26.5 32.3 28.9 30 Beer 242 235 133 161 214 201 Percentage of alcohol revenue 34.3 51.9 51.6 46.8 49.1 47.2 Wine 148 93 53 67 86 87 Percentage of alcohol revenue 21 20.5 20.5 19.2 19.7 20.4 Note:—The figures for April and May 1994 are provisional.