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Mr. Ralph Howell
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North, Official Report, 15 November, c. 756, if he will make a similar comparison between gross domestic product, income
| ESTIMATES PER HEAD OF TOTAL POPULATION IN 1977 | ||||||
| Gross domestic product* | Taxes on personal income | Value added tax | ||||
| In local currencies | ||||||
| Italy ('000 lira) | … | … | … | 3,064 | 214 | 167 |
| Netherlands (Fl) | … | … | … | 18,847 | 2,298 | 1,391 |
| Belgium (Fr) | … | … | … | 282,531 | 41,148 | 20,619 |
| Luxembourg (Fr) | … | … | … | 279,081 | 36,356 | 14,176 |
| Irish Republic (£) | … | … | … | 1,686 | 164 | 101 |
| Denmark (Kr) | … | … | … | 54,282 | 11,930 | 4,382 |
| In £ sterling | ||||||
| (a) Based on exchange rates— | ||||||
| Italy | … | … | … | 1,990 | 139 | 108 |
| Netherlands | … | … | … | 4,403 | 537 | 325 |
| Belgium | … | … | … | 4,520 | 658 | 330 |
| Luxembourg | … | … | … | 4,465 | 582 | 227 |
| Irish Republic | … | … | … | 1,686 | 164 | 101 |
| Denmark | … | … | … | 5,178 | 1,138 | 418 |
| (b) Based on purchasing power parities— | ||||||
| Italy | … | … | … | 1,971 | 138 | 107 |
| Netherlands | … | … | … | 2,940 | 356 | 216 |
| Belgium | … | … | … | 2,971 | 453 | 227 |
| Luxembourg | … | … | … | 3,006 | 400 | 156 |
| Irish Republic | … | … | … | 1,702 | 164 | 101 |
| Denmark | … | … | … | 3,242 | 716 | 263 |
| * At market prices. | ||||||
| Source: | ||||||
| GDP—National Accounts ESA Aggregates 1960–77. | ||||||
| Tax data—Revenue Statistics of OECD Member countries 1965–78. | ||||||