Corporation Tax

Mr. Jack
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was in each of the last five financial years the amount of corporation tax paid as a proportion of companies' pre-tax profits. [3375]

Dawn Primarolo
United Kingdom taxes on company income as a percentage of trading income before dividends calculated from calendar year national accounting aggregates are as follows: 1992: 16.41993: 14.11994: 13.71995: 17.11996: 18.7

Mr. Ian Taylor
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has met representatives of pension funds and charities to discuss the impact of changes in advance corporation tax. [3744]

Dawn Primarolo
No.

Mr. Green
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the rate of advance corporation tax on dividends. [3330]

Dawn Primarolo
The rate of advance corporation tax on dividends for the financial year 1997 is 20/80, as set out in the last Finance Act.