§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1) whether he will publish, in detail, the components of the total figure, Gross profits and other trading income, used to calculate the figure of 23 per cent. for Profits, used in Progress Report No. 2 of his Department;
(2) what information he has on the percentage which the total of net distributed profits in the private sector, after depreciation and taxation at source, bore to total net wage and salary incomes, after taxation, from 1953 to 1963;
(3) what information he has on the percentage which the total of net distributed profits in the private sector, after depreciation and taxation at source and after taxation in the hands of the final recipients, bore to the total net wage and salary incomes, after taxation, from 1953 to 1963;
(4) if he will state the statistical margins of error in the principal items of Table 9 of the National Income Blue Book, 1964.
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§ Mr. BennThe examination referred to in the reply I gave the hon. Member for Cheadle (Mr. Shepherd) on 16th March is continuing, but I cannot promise any early solution.