REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

HC Deb 20 June 1921 vol 143 cc919-20W

Sir G. COLLINS

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total revenue

DETAILS OF CHARGES TRANSFERRED FROM LOCAL TO IMPERIAL FUNDS, ETC.
Scotland.	1913–14.	1919–20.
1. Charged on Consolidated Fund.	£	£
PAYMENTS TO LOCAL TAXATION ACCOUNTS:
Increased Agricultural Grant under Section 1 of the Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1898 (61 and 62 Vict. c. 56)	98,233	98,428
Under Section 17, Finance Act, 1907, Section 88, Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, and Sections 17 and 18. Revenue Act, 1911:
(1) Local Taxation (Customs and Excise) Duties:
Equivalent of the proceeds in 1908–9	152,248	152,248
(2) Local Taxation Licence Duties:
Equivalent of the proceeds of the Duties on Licences for the sale of intoxicating liquor in 1908–9	189,424	189,424
Equivalent of the proceeds of the Duties on Carriage Licences in 1908–9	64,002	64,002
Other Local Taxation Licences	129,242	137,800
(3) Estate, etc., Duties:
Under Finance Act, 1894, in relief of rates generally	349,986	459,392
Under Agricultural Rates Acts and consequential Acts	182,181	181,986
Total charged on the Consolidated Fund	1,165,316	1,283,280
2. Charged on Votes.
RATES ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY:
Payments and Contributions in lieu	41,838	106,611
Rates on Telegraph Wires, etc.	27,767	32,757
MEDICAL RELIEF:
Supply of Vaccine Lymph	—	30

received during April and May, 1921; and the total national expenditure during the same period?

Mr. YOUNG

As shown in the weekly statement published in the "London Gazette," the Exchequer receipts from 1st April to 28th May were £143,564,421, and the Exchequer issues £159,226,631. As my hon. Friend is no doubt aware, neither revenue nor expenditure are equally distributed throughout the year, and no reliable inferences can be drawn from figures covering the short period in question.