HC Deb 18 November 1952 vol 507 c147W
83. Mr. Crouch

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the yield of the Purchase Tax on wireless dry batteries for the financial years ended April, 1951, and April, 1952.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The yield of Purchase Tax on both wet and dry wireless batteries for the financial years ended 31st March, 1951, and 1952, was £1.3 million and £1.5 million respectively. I regret that particulars of the yield of tax from dry batteries alone are not available.