HC Deb 02 May 2002 vol 384 c932W
Mr. Flight

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list in cash terms(a) at 2002–03 prices and (b) and as a percentage of gross domestic product, the net taxes and social security contributions for each year since 1996–97, incorporating the accounting changes referred to in Box C2 of the Budget Red Book 2002. [53774]

Mr. Andrew Smith

Historical figures for net taxes and social security contributions as a percentage of GDP, consistent with the new OECD classification of personal tax credits, are set out in Table C23 of Budget 2002. An estimate of this ratio for 2001–02 and projections for 2002–03 onwards are shown in Table C10.