§ Major O'NEILLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the value of property assessed for Income Tax in Northern and Southern Ireland, as defined in the Government of Ireland Bill, respectively, for each of the financial years 1916-17, 1917-18, 1918-19, and 1919-20?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe detailed information asked for in the question is not available. For the purposes of Cmd. 645 the allocation of the receipt of Income Tax in 1919-20 attributable to Ireland was stated as follows:—
Northern Ireland £3,870,000 Southern Ireland £5,350,000 This calculation was based upon the amount of tax as assessed in the respective tax districts in Northern and Southern Ireland and an allocation of the tax centrally assessed in Dublin.