§ Mr. HOUSTONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his inability to state the number of persons who have returned schedules giving the amounts of their incomes liable for Super-tax, and the number of persons who are liable for payments of Super-tax for the financial year 1909–10, and the amount of Super-tax collectable for that period, is due to want of sufficient clerical assistance in the Treasury, or, if not due to this cause, to what cause it is due?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEOwing to the delay in the passing of the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, no final figures for the year 1909–10 are available as regards the Super-tax. Later on my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be in a position to consider to what extent information obtained in connection with that tax should be made public.