§ Sir Knox Cunninghamasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will draft the Finance Bill so as to exempt charities from paying the proposed Selective Employment Tax.
§ Mr. DiamondNo.
§ Mr. Biffenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what will be the estimated 174W gross revenue of the Selective Employment Tax in a full financial year divided between employers who will eventually receive a premium, employers whose tax will be offset, and employers who will not be refunded, respectively.
§ Mr. DiamondThe present estimate is:
Gross revenue in a full year (£ million) 1. Employers who will eventually receive premiums 442 2. Employers whose tax will be refunded or offset 317 3. Employers whose tax will not be refunded 374 Total Gross Revenue 1,133
§ Mr. Biffenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what will be the expected net value of the premium to be paid to manufacturing industry in a full financial year under the Selective Employment Tax.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe present estimate is:
Full year (£ million) Gross value of premiums 575 Tax paid by employers receiving premiums 442 Net value of premiums 133
§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals he has to make grant-aided schools subject to the Selective Employment Tax.
§ Mr. DiamondThe Selective Employment Tax will be applied to all in grant-aided schools, as to all other employers, who pay flat-rate employers' National Insurance contributions. The question of compensating grant-aided schools—and other grant-aided educational establishments—for all or part of the cost through the normal grant machinery is being considered.
§ Mr. J. H. Osbornasked the Chancellor of the Excehquer how much revenue from the Selective Employment Tax he estimates will be raised from private schools, private educational establishments, and public schools outside the state educational system in a full year; how much 175W of this revenue will be attributed to full-time teachers, part-time teachers, full-time ancillary and domestic staff and part-time ancillary and domestic staff, respectively; and what will be the average cost per pupil or student over all these establishments, taking into account the fact that this cost will vary from establishment to establishment.
§ Mr. DiamondThe best estimates immediately available—which are very approximate—are:
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£m. Independent Schools* in England and Wales:— Teacherst† 1.9 Other† 1.5 — 3.4§ Other Private Education Establishment‡ 3.5 Total 6.9 * Excluding direct grant schools. † Full-time and part-time. ‡Including independent schools in Scotland. § About £7 per pupil per year.