§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for the Environment to what level dog licences would have to be raised on 29th March 1977 for them to be equal in real value to the value they had when they were first introduced.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe current dog licence fee of 37½ pence was fixed in 1878 and its purchasing power then is estimated to have been equivalent to that of at least £4.35 now.
§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the expected revenue from dog licences for 1976–77; what it was for the previous two years; and what was the cost of collecting revenue in each of those years.
§ Mr. Denis HowellRevenue from dog licences in 1974–75 and 1975–76 was £979,140 and £998,493 respectively. Revenue in 1976–77 is also expected to be about £1 million. Cost of collecting the revenue was £620,506 in 1974–75 and is342W estimated to be about £740,000 in 1975–76. Figures for 1976–77 are not yet available.