asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, from international sources available to him, he will list the percentage contribution of company taxation to total tax collected in each year 1974 to 1978 for the following countries, Japan, the United States of America, France, West Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

I will let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, from international sources available to him, he will list the percentage of the gross national product taken by taxes and social security contributions in 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978 for the following countries; Japan, the United States of America, France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom respectively.

Information for the years up to 1976 was given in an article on international comparisons of taxes and social security contributions, published in the December 1978 edition of "Economic Trends"—page 103. For the United Kingdom the corresponding percentage in 1977 was 41·1, based as the present SNA. Details for other countries for 1977 and for all countries for 1978 are not yet available.