HC Deb 14 July 1931 vol 255 c234
44. Mr. A. M. SAMUEL

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the percentage decrease in the ratio of indirect taxation as compared with direct taxation for the two periods April, 1914, and April, 1931?

Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCE

The yield of indirect taxation was 42.5 per cent. of the total tax revenue in the financial year 1913–14 and 34.2 per cent. in the financial year 1930–31.

45. Mr. SAMUEL

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the percentage increase in the amount of revenue collected by direct taxation from April, 1930, to April, 1931, as compared with the amount collected by direct taxation from April, 1913, to April, 1914?

Mr. PETHICK - LAWRENCE

The total yield of direct taxation in the financial year 1913–14 was £93,814,000 and in the financial year 1930–31 £462,781,000.