§ Mr. AMMONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that a table of estimated national expenditure for 1924–25 is printed on Income Tax Application Form D.N.I.; whether he is aware that the estimated expenditure of the Post Office is included in the table; whether he is aware that the inclusion of the Post Office is misleading, as the Post Office is a Revenue Department with an income greater than its expenditure; and 1164W whether he will take steps to have the Post Office and the other Revenue Services deleted from the table in future?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe answer to the first two parts of the question is in the affirmative. I am unable to agree that the inclusion of Post Office expenditure is misleading. Any estimate of national expenditure which excluded the expenditure of the Post Office and other Revenue Departments would be inconsistent with the classification which has long been followed in all our public accounts.
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