HC Deb 22 December 1938 vol 342 cc3111-2W
Mr. Denville

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what has been the amount received in respect of Entertainment Duty on living entertainments, and other categories, for each month during the current calendar year, together with a total of such sums for each month; and how these totals compare with the totals for the corresponding month in 1934, before the slightly reduced scale for living entertainment was introduced?

Captain Wallace

The approximate net amount of Entertainments Duty collected during each month of the current calendar year, and the amount collected in the corresponding months of 1934, were as follow: ber of road motor goods vehicles authorised and in possession of the railway companies at 3oth June, 1938, and at the corresponding date in 1937?

Mr. Burgin

The numbers of road motor goods vehicles authorised and in possession of the railway companies at 30th June, 1938 and 3oth June, 1937, were 10,257 and 9,709 respectively.