HC Deb 10 December 1925 vol 189 cc701-2W
Mr. BENNETT

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the cost of collecting the taxes levied by His Majesty's Commissioners of Inland Revenue and the amounts collected by His Majesty's Customs and Excise?

Mr. McNEILL

The cost of the collection of the Inland Revenue duties in 1924–25 was £6,927,433, representing 158 per cent. of the yield of those duties. The cost of the collection of the Customs and Excise Revenue in 1924–25 was approximately £4,323,146, representing 184 per cent. of that revenue.