HC Deb 17 March 1932 vol 263 cc469-70W
Mr. McENTEE

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amounts raised by direct and indirect taxation, respectively, during each of the post-War years; and the estimated amounts which the duties under the Abnormal Importations (Customs Duties) Act, the Horticultural Products (Emergency Customs Duties) Act, and the Import Duties Act will yield during the current financial year and during the next financial year?

Mr. CHAMBERLAIN

The answer to the first part of the question is contained in the following table:

Amounts raised by direct and indirect taxation in each of the years 1919–20–1930 31.
Year. Direct Taxation. Indirect Taxation.
£ £
1919–20 720,622,000 280,264,000
1920–21 703,923,000 328,819,000
1921–22 535,027,000 318,108,000
1922–23 497,232,000 274,588,000
1923–24 456,345,000 262,731,000
1924–25 464,386,000 229,455,000
1925–26 451,303,000 232,320,000
1926–27 425,136,000 234,429,000
1927–28 450,338,000 245,404,000
1928–29 438,709,000 247,134,000
1929–30 434,166,000 242,615,000
1930–31 462,991,000 240,918,000
1931–32 (Revised Estimates). 484,510,000 247,840,000

No estimates are available of the yield of the duties imposed under the provisions of the Acts referred to in the second part of the question in the present financial year, but as regards the Abnormal Importations and Horticultural Products Acts, I would refer the hon. Member to the statement of the actual yield of the duties under those Acts given to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for the Isle of Wight (Captain P. Macdonald) on 10th March. With regard to 1932–33, I cannot anticipate the Budget statement.