[holding answer 10 December 2007]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 January 2008:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what percentage of total tax revenue came from (a) income tax, (b) indirect taxes, (c) business taxes, (d) capital taxes and (e) other taxes in each year since 1980. (172983)
Detailed statistics about types of tax payable by UK residents to general government and the European Union for calendar years are published on a regular basis in table 11.1 of the annual ONS publication “United Kingdom National Accounts (The Blue Book)”. The “Blue Book” was last published in June. However, the table was updated in the monthly “Public Sector Finances First Release”, on both calendar year and financial year bases, published on 20 July. Differences between the figures in the “Blue Book” and Public Sector Finances are a result of differing revisions policies for the National Accounts and the Public Sector Finances; the latter are the more up to date. The table is not a regular feature of the First Release, although most of the figures themselves are updated every month. The data in the table below are consistent with the dataset for the “Public Sector Finances” published on 20 November 2007.
In answering this question total tax revenue has been defined consistently with the Total taxes and social contributions series in table 11.1. Similarly, Indirect taxes have been defined as Taxes on products and imports, and business taxes as Production taxes other than on products plus non-household Taxes on Income. The financial year has been used because the UK adopts this as its fiscal base.
A B C D E 1979-80 30.9 28.1 18.4 0.6 5.5 1980-81 30.6 27.4 18.8 0.6 5.9 1981-82 30.1 27.3 19.6 0.9 6.0 1982-83 28.9 27.8 19.5 0.5 6.4 1983-84 28.4 28.9 18.3 0.6 5.9 1984-85 27.3 30.2 18.7 0.6 5.8 1985-86 27.6 29.4 18.5 0.7 6.1 1986-87 27.4 31.0 16.5 0.7 6.4 1987-88 27.0 30.9 17.7 0.7 6.3 1988-89 26.4 30.9 17.8 0.6 6.5 1989-90 27.5 30.0 17.8 0.6 6.7 1990-91 28.6 29.9 16.2 0.6 7.7 1991-92 31.0 32.2 13.8 0.6 5.4 1992-93 30.4 32.9 12.6 0.6 6.2 1993-94 29.8 33.8 11.7 0.6 5.9 1994-95 29.3 33.7 12.8 0.6 5.8 1995-96 28.9 33.7 13.6 0.6 5.7 1996-97 27.5 33.7 15.2 0.6 5.8 1997-98 27.2 33.2 16.1 0.6 5.7 1998-99 28.0 32.9 15.6 0.6 5.8 1999-2000 28.2 33.2 15.6 0.6 5.8 2000-01 29.2 32.4 15.0 0.6 5.7 2001-02 29.2 32.5 14.7 0.6 6.1 2002-03 29.2 33.4 13.6 0.6 6.4 2003-04 27.8 33.5 12.8 0.6 6.6 2004-05 28.1 32.5 13.5 0.7 6.6 2005-06 28.3 31.1 15.0 0.7 6.5 2006-07 28.5 31.0 15.1 0.7 6.3 A. Household income taxes as a percentage of total taxes and social contributions payable by UK residents. B. Taxes on products and imports as a percentage of total taxes and social contributions payable by UK residents. C. Production taxes other than on products plus non-household Taxes on Income as a percentage of total taxes and social contributions payable by UK residents. D. Capital taxes as a percentage of total taxes and social contributions payable by UK residents. E. Other taxes as a percentage of total taxes and social contributions payable by UK residents.