HC Deb 14 November 1912 vol 43 cc2103-4W
Mr. FLAVIN

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give for the last financial year the amount of property and profits assessed to Income Tax in each of the provinces of Leinster, Munster, Ulster, and Connaught, also for the cities of Dublin and Belfast; and whether he can also give the average property and profit assessment per inhabitant of the population of Leinster, Munster, Ulster, and Connaught, also for the cities of Dublin and Belfast?

Mr. LLOYD GEORGE

The gross annual value of property assessed to Income Tax, Schedule A, in the respective provinces for 1910–11, the latest year for which figures are available, was as follows:—

Leinster £4,892,370
Munster £3,358,326
Ulster £5,289,181
Connaught £1,432,000
Separate figures for the cities of Dublin and Belfast are not recorded. The gross income (one-third of the annual value) for the purposes of Schedule B for the year 1910–11, from the lands in the respective provinces, was:—
Leinster £997,613
Munster £862,472
Ulster £947,746
Connaught £423,261
I fear I am unable to supply any further information asked for by the hon. Member for the reasons stated by my right hon. Friend the Secretary to the Treasury in this House on the 11th March last, in answer to a question by the hon. Member for Salisbury.