asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, pursuant to his Written Answer,Official Report, 24th October, column 892, he is now able to estimate the total revenue of central and local government from private industry in 1977–78, breaking down the total into specific taxes where possible; and, if not, why he is unable to do so.

The available information on tax revenues does not distinguish the amounts paid by private industry from the amounts paid by other sectors. Estimates of taxes on income and capital paid by the institutional sectors distinguished in the national accounts are available for calendar years and are published in the National Income and Expenditure Blue Book but comparable figures are not available for taxes on expenditure.