Vat on Fuel (NHS)

HC Deb 19 March 1996 vol 274 cc106-7W

Ms Primarolo

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 12 March,Official Report, columns 552–53, what estimates he has made of VAT receipts in respect of expenditure on fuel from the NHS in each year 1979 to 1995. [21398]

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

All supplies of fuel and power were zero-rated before 1 July 1990. Estimates of VAT receipts in respect of expenditure on fuel and power by the NHS are given for each year from 1990 to 1994. Figures are not yet available on which to base an estimate for 1995.

£ million
1990	70
1991	180
1992	200
1993	200
1994	200