§ MR. BOWLES (Lambeth, Norwood)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state, for the year 1906–7, the amount of revenue raised by taxes, distinguishing the revenue raised by permanent enactment from the revenue raised by temporary enactment, with the totals of each.
Answered by Mr. Runciman:—
| Revenue raised by Taxes, 1906–7. | |||||
| Revenue raised | Temporary Duties. | ||||
| By Permanent Enactment. | By Temporary Enactment. | Total. | |||
| Customs:— | £ | £ | £ | The whole of the Tea Duty | These Temporary Duties are, in the absence of further legislation, in operation to 1st July, 1907. |
| (a) Paid to the Exchequer | †25,685,000 | 7,245,000 | 32,930,000 | 4d. per pound on unmanufactured tobacco, with proportionate increases on cigars and manufactured tobacco | |
| (b) Paid to Local Taxation Accounts, &c. | 184,706 | — | 184,706 | ||
| 25,869,706 | 7,245,000 | 33,114,706 | 1s. per barrel on beer | ||
| 6d. per gallon on spirits | |||||
| Excise:— | |||||
| (a) Paid to the Exchequer | 27,860,000 | 2,490,000 | 30,350,000 | 1s. per barrel on beer | |
| (b) Paid to Local Taxation Accounts, &c. | 5,353,689 | — | 5,353,689 | 6d. per gallon on spirits | |
| 33,213,689 | 2,490,000 | 35,703,689 | |||
| Estate, &c., Duties:— | |||||
| (a) Paid to the Exchequer | 14,400,000 | — | 14,400,000 | ||
| (b) Paid to Local Taxation Accounts, &c. | 4,684,032 | — | 4,684,032 | ||
| 19,084,032 | — | 19,084,032 | |||
| Stamps | 7,950,000 | — | 7,950,000 | ||
| Land Tax | 710,000 | — | 710,000 | ||
| House Duty | 1,890,000 | — | 1,890,000 | ||
| Property and Income Tax | — | 31,600,000 | 31,600,000 | The whole of the tax at 1s. in the £ on 5th April 1907. | |
| 88,717,427 | 41,335,000 | 130,052,427 | |||
| Including proceeds of the Coal Duty, which was repealed as from the 1st November, 1906. |