HC Deb 13 November 1952 vol 507 cc71-2W
56. Mr. Erroll

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the present yield from Purchase Tax on furniture and the percentage of the total domestic output which at present attracts Purchase Tax.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

Receipts of Purchase Tax from furniture, including office and garden furniture, amounted to about £2 million in the first half of the current financial year. As regards the second part of the Question, I regret that the information requested is not available.