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Mr. Tony Banks
asked the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of the total amount of revenue lost in each year since 1979 because of vehicle excise duty evasion.
Mr. Peter Bottomley
A comprehensive survey carried out by the Department in 1984 assessed the gross revenue loss through vehicle excise duty evasion in Great Britain to be about 4 per cent. of that due. No comprehensive surveys were undertaken between 1979 and 1984. Based on an assumed 4 per cent. evasion rate the loss of revenue in each financial year from 1979–80 would have been:
| VED—Great Britain Only | ||
| Gross revenue collected £ million | Estimate loss from evasion £ million | |
| 1979–80 | 1,136 | 47 |
| 1980–81 | 1,333 | 56 |
| 1981–82 | 1,582 | 66 |
| 1982–83 | 1,799 | 75 |
| 1983–84 | 1,951 | 81 |
| 1984–85 | 2,213 | 92 |
| 1985–86 | 2,370 | 99 |
| 1986–87 | 12,505 | 104 |
| 1 Estimate. | ||