HC Deb 10 June 2004 vol 422 c492W
Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money was raised through taxes in Wales in each of the last 10 years. [177351]

Dawn Primarolo

The following table from the ONS 2002 publication of household income shows estimates of income taxes, council taxes and vehicle taxes paid by households in Wales and the United Kingdom for the period 1995 to 1999. These figures were produced by ONS for the estimation of sub-national gross disposable household income and were published in March 2002.

Estimate of taxes paid by households1
£million
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Wales 3.062 3,036 3,068 3,384 3,743
United Kingdom 86,527 87,932 89,734 106,069 113,455
1Taxes paid by households and non-profit institutions serving households

No corresponding information is available on taxes paid by organisations although an estimate of the VAT paid was given in my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Ian Lucas) on 16 December 2002, Official Report, column 613W.

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