§ Mr. Purbrickasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can furnish a table showing the numbers of individuals above the limit of exemption for Income Tax for the past year, classified by ranges of income up to £250, £250 to £500, £500 to £1,000, £1,000 to £2,000, £2,000 to £3,000, £3,000 to £5,000, £5,000 to £10,000, £10,000 to £25,000, £25,000 to £50,000, £50,000 to £100,000 and over £100,000, together with the amount of income assessed in each range of income and the total tax payable thereon as compared with similar particulars for the year 1938–39?
§ Captain CrookshankThe information desired is given in the following table: 201W
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INCOME TAX AND SUR-TAX. Estimates of (i) Nos. of Individuals above the exemption limit (ii) Amount of income assessed to tax (iii) Total tax assessed for the Full Years 1938–39 and 1941–42. Full Year, 1938–39. Full Year, 1941–42. Range of Total Gross Income. No. of Individuals. Amount of Income Assessed. Total Tax. No. of Individuals. Amount of Income Assessed. Total Tax. Not paying Tax. Paying Tax. Not paying Tax. Paying Tax. Exceeding. Not Exceeding. £ £ £m. £m. £m. £m. 110* 125 † none — nil 700,000 600,000 150 2 125* 250 5,500,000 1,750,000 1,260 5 3,500,000 5,700,000 1,600 100 250 500 500,000 1,250,000 590 18 300,000 3,200,000 1,215 168 500 1,000 — 500,000 350 40 — 685,000 455 125 1,000 2,000 — 195,000 270 47 — 210,000 300 115 2,000 3,000 — 46,500 113 26 — 46,500 113 48 3,000 5,000 — 32,000 122 35 — 32,000 122 62 5,000 10,000 — 18,500 125 46 — 18,500 125 75 10,000 25,000 — 6,600 98 47.5 — 6,600 98 74.6 25,000 50,000 — 1,000 34 20 — 1,000 34 29.7 50,000 100,000 — 300 20 13 — 300 20 18.4 100,000 — — 100 18 12.5 — 100 18 17.3 Total individuals 6,000,000 3,800,000 3,000 310 4,500,000 10,500,000 4,250 835 Non-personal (mainly Companies reserves) 340 90 300 145 £m. 3,340 400 4,550 980 * The exemption limit for Income Tax was £125 for 1938–39 and £no for 1941–42. †No information available because incomes below the exemption limit (£125) were not reviewed for Income Tax purposes.
Mr. De la Bèreasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give an assurance that no advance copies of the Beveridge Report were made available to a part-time assistant Press officer at the Board of Trade before the report was made available to the House of Commons; and whether he will give an assurance that, in cases where priority reports are issued to the Press, they are given out to the whole of the Press and that no official connected with the Board of Trade is allowed to make personal contact with individual journalists for the purpose of conveying inspired views?
§ Captain WaterhouseSome officers of the Board of Trade, including the Press officer apparently referred to, saw the Beveridge Report before its publication on 28th April. The answer to the second and third parts of the Question is "Yes, Sir."
Mr. De la Bèreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the cost of advertising for each Government Department for the period commencing 1st September, 1939, to 30th June, 1942?
§ Sir K. WoodFollowing are the figures from 1st September, 1939, to 30th June, 1942.
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Press Advertising Expenditure (approximate estimate for the period from 1st September, 1939, to 30th June, 1942). DEPARTMENT. £ Admiralty 63,000 Air Ministry 414,100 War Office 133,400 Agriculture 186,000 Food 855,000 Fuel and Power (formerly Mines) 84,000 Health 35,000 Home Office and Home Security 89,000 Information 93,000 Labour 168,000 National Debt Services 25,000 Post Office 19,000 Supply 55,900 Trade 62,000 War Transport 151,000 Works and Planning 42,000 Agriculture, Scotland 6,000 Health, Scotland 2,000 National Savings Committee 1,251,100 Scottish Savings Committee 70,500 Total £3,805,000 For the purpose of this statement the allied or agency services performed by the Ministry of Information and the Stationery Office have been allocated to the various Departments on whose behalf the services have been performed. The figures necessarily represent only a broad approximation.