Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost to the public purse (a) in total and (b) per £1,000 of revenue collected was of the administration of (i) value added tax, (ii) income tax and (iii) tax revenue raised by local authorities. (278068)

The figures are in the following table:

	(a) Total cost of administration 2007-08 (£000)	(b) Cost per thousand of revenue collected 2007-08 (£)
(i) Value Added Tax	451,055	5.55

(ii) Income Tax	1,754,362	11.58

(iii) English local authority revenues¹
Council tax	484,000	20.20
National non domestic rates	99,000	5.40
¹ Information relates to England only, and can be found in the Local Government Financial Statistics volume 19, at: http://www.cornmunities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/statistics/financialstatistics192009

Revenue raised by local authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the respective devolved administrations.

Volume 493: debated on Monday 8 June 2009