Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department’s ready reckoner estimate is of the effects on tax receipts of a one percentage point increase in the rate of ring fence corporation tax in financial years (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25; and if he will place a copy of those estimates in the Library.

The Government does not typically provide assessments of changes to ring fence Corporation Tax and does not propose doing so in this case.

The Government places additional taxes on the extraction of oil and gas, with companies engaged in the production of oil and gas on the UK Continental Shelf subject to headline tax rates on their profits that are currently more than double those paid by other businesses. To date, the sector has paid more than £375 billion in production taxes.

The Government keeps all taxes under review, and any changes are considered and announced by the Chancellor.