§ 71. Mr. T. WILLIAMSasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the payments for interest on national debt services in the years 1913–14 and 1914–15 and receipts from Income Tax, including Super-tax, in the same years; and will he give the corresponding figures for the present financial year?
§ Mr. BALDWINI will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate the figures in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The following are the figures:
§ The amounts aid by way of interest on on the National Debt in 1913–14 was £19,104,986; and in 1914–15 £19,334,868. The amount required for 1923–24 is estimated at £310,000,000.
§ The receipts for Income Tax and Super-tax for 1913–14 were £47,240,771; for 1914–15, £69,544,854; and for 1923–24 they are estimated at £319,000,000.