HC Deb 05 May 1998 vol 311 c338W
Mr. Waterson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the net annual income obtained by the Treasury from the extraction of oil and gas in the North Sea in the last year for which figures are available. [39990]

Dawn Primarolo

Government revenues from North Sea oil and gas were £3.4 billion in 1997–98.