asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will provide an estimate for 1976–77 and a projection for the three-year period ending 1978–79 of the taxation revenue and public road cost figures given on page 112 of the transport policy document and the latest current estimates of the ratios of tax revenue to costs attributed for various types of goods vehicles.
Estimates of taxation revenue and public road costs for 1976–77 on the same basis as those given on page 112 of the Transport Policy Consultation Document Vol. 2, are shown in the table below.Public road costs at estimated outturn prices for the three individual years ending 1978–79 are expected to be approximately:
| 1976–77 | £1,825 million |
| 1977–78 | £1,785 million |
| 1978–79 | £1,945 million |
| TAXATION REVENUE AND PUBLIC ROAD COSTS 1976–77—GREAT BRITAIN | ||||||||||
Outturn prices
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Taxation revenue
| Revenue to cost rations
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Vehicle category
| Ved £m.
| Fuel tax £m
| VAT* £m.
| Total £m.
| Car tax £m.
| Total (including car tax) £m.
| Costs attributed £m.
| Excluding car tax
| Including car tax
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| Cars and taxis— | ||||||||||
| non-business | … | 400 | 930 | 100 | 1,430 | 140 | 1,570 | 780 | 1·8:1 | 2·0:1 |
| business | … | 150 | 355 | — | 505 | 50 | 555 | 300 | 1·7:1 | 1·9:1 |
| Buses and coaches | … | 3 | 65† | — | 68 | — | 68 | 70 | 1·0:1 | 1·0:1 |
| Light vans (under 30 cwt. unladen) | … | 55 | 195 | — | 250 | — | 250 | 120 | 2·1:1 | 2·1:1 |
| Goods vehicles (over 30 cwt. unladen) | … | 160 | 360 | — | 520 | — | 520 | 590 | 0·9:1 | 0·9:1 |
| Total All Vehicles | … | 768 | 1,905 | 100 | 2,773 | 190 | 2,963 | 1,860 | 1·5:1 | 1·6:1 |
* VAT included at 4½ per cent. on non-business petrol consumption. | ||||||||||
| † Fuel tax rebate on stage-services (£50 million) not deducted. | ||||||||||