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Budget Yields

Volume 170: debated on Monday 2 April 1990

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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish information in respect of (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Wales, (c) England, (d) Scotland and (e) Northern Ireland for the Budget years 1988–89 and 1989–90 on (i) total yield of national insurance, (ii) total yield of corporation tax, (iii) total net yield of value added tax, (iv) vehicle excise duty, (v) petrol and derv duty, (vi) tobacco duty and (vii) alcohol duty.

[holding answer 29 March 1990]: Figures for the United Kingdom as a whole are as follows:

£ billion1988–8911989–90
Social security contributions (including national insurance)33·0033·1
Corporation tax18·521·4
Value added tax27·329·7
Vehicle excise duty2·82·9
Petrol and derv duty8·58·6
Tobacco duty5·05·0
Alcohol duty4·54·6
1Estimate
Data for central Government revenue are not generally broken down by territories. Of those categories requested, only for social security contributions is information available. Latest estimates suggest that these are made up as follows:

United Kingdom security contributions, percentage of total
per cent.
England85
Scotland9
Wales4
Northern Ireland2
Total100