§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money he expects the increased tobacco taxation to raise for expenditure on the NHS in the next three104W financial years; and if his expenditure projections for the NHS will be sustained irrespective of the yield from tobacco taxation. [120609]
§ Mr. Andrew Smith[holding answer 2 May 2000]: Table A.13 in the Financial Statement and Budget Report gives the projected Exchequer yields from the 5 per cent. real increase in tobacco duty announced in Budget 2000. The Budget 2000 expenditure projections for the NHS are from plans which the Government will deliver.