HC Deb 25 March 1930 vol 237 cc305-6W
Sir H. SAMUEL

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average taxation per head in sterling, for the latest year for which particulars are available, in the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States respectively, including the taxation levied in the German States and the States of the American Union?

Mr. P. SNOWDEN

The following table gives the information for which the right hon. Gentleman asks:

Taxation per head.
— United Kingdom. Germany. States of America.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
National, 1920–30 15 1 5 7 9 5 6 6 9
States, 1926–27.* — 2 3 3 2 7 6
15 1 5 9 12 8 8 14 3
* Latest date for which official information appears to be available.