Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of revenue to the Exchequer raised from businesses with (a) 0-9 employees, (b) 0-49 employees and (c) a turnover of £1 million or less.

It is not possible to estimate the proportion of revenue raised from businesses with (a) 0-9 employees, (b) 0-49 employees as the information is not held.

It is not possible to estimate the proportion of revenue raised from businesses with (c) a turnover of £1 million or less as the information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. It is possible to identify tax liabilities for businesses with a turnover of £1 million or less for corporation tax and value added tax.

We estimate corporation tax liabilities for 2016-17 was £50 billion of which around £12 billion (24%) was contributed by companies with turnover of £1 million or less.

We estimate Home VAT liabilities for 2016-17 was £100 billion of which around £16 billion (16%) was contributed by companies with a turnover of £1 million or less.