Agricultural Property (Estate Duty)

HC Deb 04 December 1959 vol 614 cc167-8W

Sir J. Duncan

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the yield from the Estate Duty on the value of agricultural land for each of the financial years from 1951–52 to 1958–59.

Sir E. Boyle

Separate records of Estate Duty payable on agricultural property are not kept, and the figures attached, which relate to Great Britain, are therefore estimates:

Year	Estimated duty
	£ million
1951–52	4
1952–53	3¾
1953–54	4
1954–55	4½
1955–56	4½
1956–57	3½
1957–58	4
1958–59	4½