53. Mr. Edwardsasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total quantities of mineral oils of all kinds imported into this country during each of the last five years and the duty paid on same during each year?
§ The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Captain Crookshank)As the answer involves a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ Quantities of mineral oils imported into the United Kingdom during the years 1934–38, inclusive:
1681§ The amount of duty paid in respect of mineral oils in any year cannot be related to the quantities imported during that year, because a large proportion of the imports are deposited in bond and do not pay duty until a later date, while almost the whole of the crude oil imported pays duty, not as such, but in the form of petrol and other refined products removed from bonded refineries. The net amounts of duty paid upon imported mineral oils (including oils produced by refining imported oil in this country) retained for home consumption during the last five years were as follow:
| £ | |||
| 1934 | … | … | 41,718,000 |
| 1935 | … | … | 44,405,000 |
| 1936 | … | … | 47,015,000 |
| 1937 | … | … | 49,600,000 |
| 1938 | … | … | 55,488,000 |