§ Mr. Gordon Walkerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of contracts approved and the cost to the Exchequer in tax relief in respect of contributions to retirement annuities under Part III of the Finance Act, 1956, for the year 1956–57, and the estimated numbers and costs for the years 1957–58 and 1958–59.
§ Mr. Gordon Walkerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the number of individual cases in retirement benefit schemes approved by the Board of Inland Revenue which provided lump sum benefits of under £10,000 and lump sum benefits of £10,000 to £40,000, respectively, in the years 1955–56, 1956–57, and 1957–58; and if he will state the estimated total cost in tax relief to the Exchequer of all these lump sum benefits in the years in question, on the assumption that the benefits were paid in those years, and the estimated cost for 1958–59.