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Written question asked by Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party) on Tuesday, 1 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 December 2009. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Monday, 7 December 2009 on behalf of the Treasury.


VAT: Northern Ireland

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the revenue which accrued to the Exchequer in value added tax (VAT) from VAT-registered businesses in each constituency in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.
Answer

The information requested is not available. Although HM Revenue and Customs holds data on the place of registration by trader this has not been analysed by constituency. The address of registration is not necessarily the same as the location the trader will be operating from, for example a chain would only have one VAT registration covering all its branches, so would be unreliable for identifying the VAT accrued in that constituency.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
502 c57W; 304266
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Northern Ireland VAT
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk