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Mr Nigel Evans
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised by tobacco taxes in 1979 and 1992, with figures adjusted for inflation.
Sir John Cope
Receipts from excise duties on tobacco products were as follows:
| £ million | ||
| Nominal | 1992 prices | |
| 1978 | 2,153 | 5,970 |
| 1992 | 6,417 | 6,417 |