HC Deb 26 July 1999 vol 336 cc119-20W
Mrs. Lait

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue has been collected each year since 1 January 1990 in (a) customs duty and (b) indirect tax from (i) cigarettes, (ii) hand rolling tobacco, (iii) cigars, (iv) spirits, (v) cider, (vi) fortified wines, (vii) wine and (viii) beer entering the United Kingdom by (1) post and (2) private carrier. [92770]

Dawn Primarolo

The table provides details of Excise Revenue for Post for the calendar years 1993–1998. Earlier information is not available. This does not include VAT and Customs Duty, which are not readily available. Excise duties are recorded as a global sum; the breakdown in the table is based on samples of goods imported.

Import duty schedule: net receipts
£000
Calendar year Tobacco Spirit Wine Total
1993 15 1 2 18
1994 44 2 6 52
1995 94 4 13 111
1996 131 6 18 155
1997 140 6 19 165
1998 144 6 20 170

Table 1: PFI/PPP projects signed since 1 May 1997 (as at 1 April 1999)
£ million
Laboratory IT System (0.8) 1
Accruals Accounting Payroll System IT 3
Kinnegar Sewage 13
Total 34
National Savings
IT System 100
Total 100
Serious Fraud Office
Document management IT 4
Total 4
Overall total 4,681

Note:

Local Government Figures-Projects shown are for additional Central Government revenue There are no ceilings for public investment set by the Treaty of Maastricht.

Table 2: Operational PFI projects signed since 1 May 1997

There are no ceilings for public investment set by Treaty of Maastricht.

It is assumed that private carrier means fast parcel operators, for which the revenue is not separately recorded.

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