§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much insurance tax premium was collected in(a) the UK and (b) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years. [99319]
§ Ruth KellyThe total amount of insurance premium tax collected in the UK can be found on the HM Customs and Excise website: www.hmce.gov.uk/about/ reports/ann-report/n2.pdf. The total collected for the last five years is as follows:
£million Total tax receipts 1997–98 1,044 1998–99 1,245 1999–2000 1,423 2000–01 1,707 2001–02 1,861 Separate data on the amount of insurance premium tax collected in Northern Ireland are not available.