HC Deb 17 December 1908 vol 198 c2099
MR. COOPER (Southwark, Bermondsey)

To ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the Return of persons paying inhabited house duty or property and income-tax, any distinction is made between men and women; and, if so, will he give the number of women paying these taxes and the amount of money paid by them.

Received. Investigated and recommended for pension by pension officers. Investigated and not recommended for pension. Considered ineligible and not investigated (paragraph 55, Instructions). In hand, partially investigated. In hand, investigation not commenced.
England, excluding Monmouthshire 383,611 290,085 23,531 5,360 45,422 19,213
Wales and Monmouthshire 25,665 19,329 1,860 642 2,824 1,010
Scotland 71,616 53,305 3,592 669 9,984 4,066
Ireland 209,135 127,309 13,175 2,524 47,373 18,754
Total 690,027 490,028 42,158 9,195 105,603 43,043

I have no statistics as to the work accomplished by the committees, and I am, therefore, unable to state the numbers allowed and refused, respectively, by them.