§ 34. Mr. OSWALD LEWISasked the Minister of Agriculture the total annual amount paid to the owners of ecclesiastical tithe; and of this amount what proportion represents income and what proportion represents sinking fund?
§ Dr. ADDISONI am informed by Queen Anne's Bounty, in whom ecclesiastical tithe rentcharge is vested, that the total annual amount now in collection in respect of ecclesiastial tithe rentcharge is£2,306,994, of which£2,212,186 represents gross income and£94,808 sinking fund.
§ 35. Mr. LEWISasked the Minister of Agriculture the total annual amount paid to the owners of lay tithe?
§ Dr. ADDISONIt is estimated that the amount of lay tithe rentcharge still in existence is approximately£1,091,000 (par value), but I have no means of ascertaining how much of this sum is actually in collection at the present time.