§ Mr. SWANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) the number of persons who died during the years 1918, 1919, and 1920, leaving fortunes of £1,000,000 or over;
(2) the number of persons who died during the years 1918, 1919, and 1920, leaving fortunes between £500,000 and £1,000,000;
(3) the number of persons who died during the years 1918, 1919, and 1920, leaving fortunes between £100,000 and £500,000?
Lieut.-Commander YOUNGThe number of estates in the various classes desired as obtained from affidavits, etc., presented for purposes of the Estate Duty in the past three financial years is as follows:— 483W
Magnitude of Estate:— Net Capital Value. Number of cases. 1918–19. 1919–20. 1920–21. Exceeding Not exceeding Provisional. £ £ 20,000 50,000 1,692 1,901 1,755 50,000 100,000 439 603 555 100,000 500,000 298 366 313 500,000 1,000,000 21 30 17 1,000,000 — 9 12 11 NOTE.—The above figures do not represent the number of persons dying in the financial years quoted, but the number of cases in which affidavits were presented to the Department in these financial years. There is necessarily an interval between the death and the presentation of the affidavit.
§ Mr. SWANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of persons Who died during the years 1918, 1919, and 1920, leaving fortunes between £50,000 and £100,000, and between £20,000 and £50,000?
Lieut.-Commander YOUNGThe desired information is contained in the statement circulated in the OFFICIAL REPORT [as above] in reply to similar questions addressed to me this afternoon by the hon. Member.