HC Deb 20 June 1997 vol 296 c337W
Mr. Jack

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was in each of the last five financial years the amount of tax revenue received per barrel of oil produced. [3378]

Dawn Primarolo

North Sea oil tax revenues received per barrel of oil produced in the same financial year, including revenues from gas production converted into equivalent amounts of oil, are in the table below.

Tax1 revenue per barrel
1992–93 1.20
1993–94 1.00
1994–95 1.20
1995–96 1.70
1996–972 2.30
1 Petroleum revenue tax, corporation tax, and royalty.
2 Provisional.

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