HC Deb 01 February 1945 vol 407 c1637W
Mr. H. Lawson

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1) if, in presenting any future White Paper on the sources of the national income, he will include estimates of the total number of persons receiving income and the incidence of indirect as well as direct taxation on incomes of different income groups;

(2) if, in presenting any future White Paper on the sources of the national income, he will include estimates of the way in which personal incomes under £250 per annum are distributed among that two-thirds of the population that fall in this income group.

Mr. Peake

I regret that accurate statistical information on these points cannot be obtained.