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Mr. Newton
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out in the Official Report a table showing separately and in aggregate, the proceeds, actual in 1973–74 and estimated in 1977–78, from taxes on personal income, taxes on expenditure, taxes on capital, local authority rates and the employee's national insurance contribution.
Mr. Robert Sheldon
, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 31st March 1977; Vol. 929, c. 237], gave the following answer:
The information requested is as follows:
£ million
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1973–74
| 1977–78
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| Receipts of income tax from the personal sector | 8,097 | 18,951 |
| Taxes on expenditure (excluding rates) | 7,603 | 16,018 |
| Taxes on capital | 835 | 895 |
| Local authority rates | 2,670 | 5,252 |
| Employees' national insurance contributions | 1,581 | 3,081 |
| Total | 20,786 | 44,197 |