§ 10. Mr. Barterasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the aggregate gross annual value and net annual value, respectively, for the purposes of Income Tax, Schedule A, in the United Kingdom for the latest convenient year; and, of these totals, what were the amounts represented by domestic hereditaments occupied by the owner of the property or his family.
Mr. AmorySix hundred and eighty million pounds gross annual value and £525 million net annual value in 1956–57, of which about £155 million and £120 million respectively relate to owner-occupied houses.
§ 11. Mr. Barterasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount by which in the latest convenient year, assessments for Income Tax in the United Kingdom have been reduced as a result of claims for maintenance of domestic hereditaments occupied by the owner of the property or his family and the resultant aggregate reduction in Income Tax liability.
§ Mr. BarterWill my right hon. Friend bear in mind the relationship between the amount refunded in maintenance claims and the amount collected under Schedule A, and consider whether the collection costs are really worth while?
§ 12. Mr. Barterasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the aggregate amounts allowed in the latest convenient year for Income Tax purposes in the United Kingdom in respect of the use for the purposes of trade, profession or avocation of a part of domestic premises occupied by the owner of the property.