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What was (a) the level of tax on beer in each year since 1979 and (b) the percentage change between each year. - Table given. (Holding answer 3 December 1996).
What was (a) the level of tax on beer in each year since 1979 and (b) the percentage change between each year. - Table given. (Holding answer 3 December 1996).
Asked by
Alan Meale
(Labour)
Answered by
Phillip Oppenheim
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
11 December 1996
Answered on
11 December 1996
Mr. Meale: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was (a) the level of tax on beer in each year since 1979 and (b) the
percentage change between each year. [7254]
Mr. Oppenheim: [holding answer 3 December 1996]:
Tax revenues--that is, excise duty and VAT--for a pint of bitter in licensed premises were as follows:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Tax in pence Percentage change
1979 12.2 23.1
1980 14.8 21.7
1981 19.3 29.7
1982 21.7 12.9
1983 23.1 6.1
1984 26.2 13.6
1985 28.3 8.0
1986 28.8 1.8
1987 29.2 1.4
1988 30.8 5.4
1989 31.6 2.5
1990 34.5 9.3
1991 40.6 17.8
1992 43.1 6.0
1993 45.2 4.9
1994 44.5 -1.5
1995 46.2 3.9
1996 46.9 1.6
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
For 1979, price relates to July. For 1980 to 1993 prices relate to April/May and from 1994 onwards they relate to January.
Tax on a pint of bitter in licensed premises is now the lowest proportion of the selling price in 30 years.
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks; Beer; Excise duties; VAT; Tax yields
Date
11 December 1996
Reference
7254; 287 c201-2W
House
House of Commons
If he will list the amounts raised by the Treasury in each year since 1979 through taxation on beer. - Table given. (Holding answer 1996).
If he will list the amounts raised by the Treasury in each year since 1979 through taxation on beer. - Table given. (Holding answer 1996).
Asked by
Alan Meale
(Labour)
Answered by
Phillip Oppenheim
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
6 December 1996
Answered on
6 December 1996
Mr. Meale: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the amounts raised by the Treasury in each year since 1979 through
taxation on beer. [7255]
Mr. Oppenheim: [holding answer 3 December 1996]:
The information requested is given in the table.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Total revenue--nominal
£ million
1979 1,380
1980 1,760
1981 2,080
1982 2,330
1983 2,580
1984 2,800
1985 3,034
1986 3,130
1987 3,200
1988 3,420
1989 3,520
1990 3,780
1991 4,160
1992 4,300
1993 4,190
1994 4,560
1995 4,740
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
The figures cover excise duty and VAT. Value added tax has been estimated from Office for National Statistics figure for consumers'
expenditure on beer.
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks; Beer; Excise duties; Tax yields
Date
6 December 1996
Reference
7255; 286 c836W;286 c832W
House
House of Commons
What estimate he has made of the revenues from beer taxes not collected because of illegal importation and sale in the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. - (Holding answer 3 December 1996).
What estimate he has made of the revenues from beer taxes not collected because of illegal importation and sale in the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. - (Holding answer 3 December 1996).
Asked by
Alan Meale
(Labour)
Answered by
Phillip Oppenheim
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
4 December 1996
Answered on
4 December 1996
Mr. Meale: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the revenues from beer taxes not collected because of
illegal importation and sale in the United Kingdom in each of the last three years. [7253]
Mr. Oppenheim: [holding answer 3 December 1996]:
Customs' current estimate of revenue evaded by smuggling of beer is £110 million per year. This figure does not include any amount
for commercial fraud. The actual loss to the Exchequer will be less than this figure because some smuggling represents additional
consumption rather than substitution for similar goods bought in the UK. Customs has no official estimate of the extent of
additional consumption of smuggled beer. There was no previous official estimate of revenue evaded by smuggling.
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks; Beer; Excise duties; Smuggling; Tax evasion
Date
4 December 1996
Reference
7253; 286 c656W;286 c654W
House
House of Commons
What plans he has to restrict the amount of beer for personal consumption which can be imported from the rest of the EU into the United Kingdom.
What plans he has to restrict the amount of beer for personal consumption which can be imported from the rest of the EU into the United Kingdom.
Asked by
Sam Galbraith
(Labour)
Answered by
Phillip Oppenheim
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
5 November 1996
Answered on
5 November 1996
Mr. Galbraith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to restrict the amount of beer for personal consumption
which can be imported from the rest of the EU into the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [1165]
Mr. Oppenheim: Under the provisions of the Excise Duty (Personal Reliefs) Order 1992, based on Council directive 92/12/EEC,
travellers may bring into the UK alcohol, purchased for their own use, duty and tax paid in another EU country, without further
liability to UK duty and tax. There is no restriction on the quantity of such goods that an individual can purchase. The directive,
however, provides indicative levels, agreed by all member states, which can assist customs officers in determining whether goods are
in fact intended for commercial use-- for beer the level is 110 litres. Although there is no fiscal frontier, a person holding such
goods may be challenged by a customs officer anywhere in the UK, and must be able to satisfy the officer that goods in excess of the
indicative levels are not for a commercial purpose.
Subjects
Beer; EU countries; Import controls; Imports
Date
5 November 1996
Reference
1165; 284 c419-20W
House
House of Commons
What plans he has to equalise the duty on beer with that applying in other European countries.
What plans he has to equalise the duty on beer with that applying in other European countries.
Asked by
Sam Galbraith
(Labour)
Answered by
Phillip Oppenheim
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
5 November 1996
Answered on
5 November 1996
Mr. Galbraith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to equalise the duty on beer with that applying in other
European countries; and if he will make a statement. [1166]
Mr. Oppenheim: The Government would like to see some movement towards the equalisation of duty rates on beer within the EU through
the mechanism of the European Commission's biennial review of the minimum rates of excise duty. The next review is due by the end of
1996. Meanwhile, in reaching his budget decisions, the Chancellor of the Exchequer takes a range of factors into account, including
the rates of duty applied by our near neighbours in the European Union.
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks; Beer; EU countries; Excise duties
Date
5 November 1996
Reference
1166; 284 c420W
House
House of Commons