HC Deb 17 February 1921 vol 138 cc304-5W
Sir W. BARTON

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the amount per head of the total taxation levied during the present financial year if equally divided over the population of the United Kingdom, so far as is known; if he can state, approximately, what would be the nearest equivalent figure applied to the estimated populations of Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, and the United States of America; and can he state, separately, the approximate amount of the internal and external debt of each country named?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT an extract from Paper No. IV., presented by the League of Nations to the Financial Conference at Brussels.

The following is the extract referred to—

(1) DIRECT AND INDIRECT TAXATION PER HEAD IN 1920.
(2) INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DEBT, BEGINNING OF 1920.
State. Unit of Currency. Taxation per head in Currency of Country. Current Debt at beginning of 1920.
Direct. Indirect. Internal. External. Total.
United Kingdom … £ 14.7 7.5 6,603.0 1,279.0 7,882.0
Germany … Marks 288.0 186.9 194,0[...]0.0 3,000.0 197,000.0
France … Francs 221.3 195.5 185,728.0 33,660.0 219,388.0
Belgium … Francs 94.9 79.2 17,903.9 1,687.6 19,591.5
Italy … Lire 60.6 34.2 57,888.1 20,219.0 78,107.7
United States of America … Dollars 56.5 25,484.0 — 25,484.0