64. Mr. DUNDAS WHITEasked the Secretary to the Treasury what were the aggregate amounts payable by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in relief of agricultural rates for the financial year 1917–18 under the Agricultural Rates Act, 1896, and the Agricultural Rates, Etc. (Scotland), Act, 1896, respectively; and what was the aggregate amount payable by the Commissioners for that financial year in relief of rates on tithe rent-charge attached to benefices in England and Wales under the Tithe Rent-charge (Rates) Act, 1899?
§ Mr. BALDWIN (Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury)The payments in 1917–18, under the Agricultural Rates Act, were:
To Local Taxation Account, England, £1,323,645 5s. 4d.
To Local Taxation Account, Scotland, £182,001 4s. 6d.
The payments under the Tithe Rent-charge (Rates) Act, 1899, in 1917–18, amounted to £193,329 16s. 9d.
65. Mr. WHITEasked the Secretary to the Treasury what was the amount of the supplementary Grant in aid of agricultural rates in Scotland, for the financial year 1917–18, out of the Local Taxation (Scotland) Account, under the Local Taxation (Scotland) Act, 1898, over and above the amount payable in relief of agricultural rates in Scotland under the Agricultural Rates, Etc. (Scotland), Act, 1896.