asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the light of the fact that the amount of tax paid per head in Great Britain in 1976 was £632 compared with £67 in 1946, if he will state what the figure is to date, and compare it with 1974.

The figures of £632 and £67 relate to tax revenue per capita for the United Kingdom. In the first three quarters of 1977 Government tax receipts, seasonally adjusted, amounted to £543 per capita, and in the corresponding period of 1974 the figure was £310. For 1974 as a whole the figure was £428; the figure for 1977 as a whole is not yet available.