§ Mr. CurryTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each of the most recent 10 years for which figures are available(a) the numbers of dwellings upon which repairs were carried out occasioning a VAT payment, (b) the yield from such payments in each year and (c) the average value of the work carried out. [107754]
§ Dawn PrimaroloStatistics on dwellings on which repairs have been carried out and on the VAT relating to such repairs are not directly available.
Based on data published in Housing and Construction Statistics 1988–98, VAT charged in 1998 in respect of repairs, maintenance and improvements carried out by contractors on private sector housing in Great Britain is estimated at £1.7 billion. It is not possible to identify repairs separately.