87. Mr. W. A. JENKINSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount collected during the last fiscal year in respect of Inhabited House Duty, and the approximate cost of collection of the same; and, inasmuch as the amount collected is so small in proportion to the cost entailed, will he consider the question of abolishing Inhabited House Duty altogether?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe approximate net receipt of Inhabited House Duty during the year 1922–23 was £2,078,000. I regret that it is impossible to isolate the cost of collecting the separate duties under the management of the Inland Revenue; but as the Inhabited House Duty is collected concurrently with the Income Tax, it may, I think, be taken that the cost of its collection is very small.