Colonel THORNEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state the gross assessment brought under the review of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for the financial years 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–6, and 1917–18?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe gross income brought under the review of the 2513W Commissioners for Income Tax purposes in each of the years mentioned was as follows:
£ 1913–14 1,167,184,229 1914–15 1,238,313,397 1915–16 1,322,684,843 1917–18 (estimate) 2,000,000,000