§ Mr. WATERSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people paid Super-tax in the year 1913 and each succeeding year?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe number of individuals assessed to Super-tax at 31st July, 1920, was as follows for the years mentioned:—
No figures are available as to assessments for the current year 1920–21. The limit below which Super-tax is not charged was reduced in 1914, and again in 1918, and has been further reduced this year.
1913–14 … … … 13,937 1914–15 … … … 29,991 1915–16 … … … 29,275 1916–17 … … … 32,040 1917–18 … … … 34,567 1918–19 … … … 44,500 1919–20 … … … 45,696