§ Mr. Houghtonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will circulate with the OFFICIAL REPORT a table in similar form to that published in Appendix IV of the Report of the Select Committee on Members' Salaries 1954, classifying the amounts of Members' expenses allowed for Income Tax purposes against their salaries as Members of Parliament for the latest available year.
§ Mr. BarberThe following table classifies the amounts of Members' expenses allowed for Income Tax purposes against their remuneration as Members of Parliament for the year 1961–62 (ended 5th April, 1962). The total remuneration of certain Members exceeded £1,750 because it included any taxable amounts of road travel allowance.
The table includes only those Members whose expenses claim related to the full year. Ministers have not been included.
Final figures for the expenses of about one-quarter of the Members are not avail- 38W able: in these cases the amounts included in the table are those provisionally allowed in the codings for the purpose of determining P.A.Y.E. deductions. It is not expected that on the whole the final figures will be very different from the provisional figures.
Expenses allowed Number of Members Up to £100 … … … 2 £101–£150 … … … 2 £151–£200 … … … — £201–£250 … … … 1 £251–£300 … … … 2 £301–£350 … … … 3 £351–£400 … … … 3 £401–£450 … … … 8 £451–£500 … … … 3 £501–£550 … … … 5 £551–£600 … … … 14 £601–£650 … … … 12 £651–£700 … … … 17 £701–£750 … … … 17 £751–£800 … … … 15 £801–£850 … … … 25 £851–£900 … … … 27 £901–£950 … … … 34 £951–£1,000 … … … 29 £1,001–£1,050 … … … 25 £1,051–£1,100 … … … 30 £1,101–£1,150 … … … 21 £1,151–£1,200 … … … 26 £1,201–£1,250 … … … 23 £1,251–£1,300 … … … 15 £1,301–£1,350 … … … 9 £1,351–£1,400 … … … 18 £1,401–£1,450 … … … 16 £1,451–£1,500 … … … 12 £1,501–£1,550 … … … 15 £1,551–£1,600 … … … 12 £1,601–£1,650 … … … 14 £1,651–£1,700 … … … 4 £1,701–£1,749 … … … 10 £1,750 … … … 34 £1,751–£1,800 … … … 13 516
§ Mr. Houghtonasked the Secretary to the Treasury what has been the percentage increase in expenses allowed from Income Tax assessments on Parliamentary salaries since the year 1957–58.
§ Mr. BarberThe total expenses allowed against the Parliamentary salaries of those persons (excluding Ministers) who were Members of Parliament throughout both 1957–58 and 1961–62 were 12.1 per cent. greater in the latter year than in the former.