To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list in rank order the total revenue raised from the 21 different forms of taxation for each year from 1979 to the latest year for which figures are available.
Recent years' figures can be found in tables 3.13, 3.14 and 3.15 in "Financial Statistics", published by the Central Statistical Office. Earlier years' figures can be found using the CSO database and the identifiers given in the tables. The database can be accessed on line by the House of Commons Library.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much tax in pounds per week at 1989–90 prices a married couple with one earner on average earnings, with two children paid, treating child benefit as negative income, in 1978–79 and in 1989–90.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of gross earnings a couple with one earner on average earnings, with two children, paid in tax, treating child benefit as negative income tax, in 1978–79 and in 1989–90.
Figures for 1978–79 have been placed in the Library of the House, as noted in the Official Report, 13 April 1989, column 624, and estimates for 1989–90 were given in reply to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, East ( Mr. Brown) on 8 January 1990 at column 559.