§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of Africans, Asians and Europeans, respectively, in Kenya, who will qualify for the annual personal tax under the Personal Tax Ordinance, 1957, under each category of income.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 11th March, 1958; Vol. 584, c. 37], supplied the following information:
The new Personal Tax is being collected on a non-racial basis, and statistics of taxpayers by race will not be kept. Estimates based on the system 15W of Personal Tax previously in force suggest that non-Africans who are likely to fall into the various grades of taxpayer will be grouped as follows:
Total Income Below £120 £120–160 £160–200 Over £200 Asians (including Arabs). 15,000 5,000 5,000 40,000 Europeans 500 200 300 25,000 Since no personal tax based on income was previously in force for Africans no reliable estimates are available of the likely incidence of the new tax among Africans.