§ Mr. Houghtonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will circulate with the OFFICIAL REPORT a table in similar form to that published in Appendix IV of the Report of the Select Committee on Members' Salaries, 81W 1954, classifying the amounts of Members' expenses allowed for Income Tax purposes against their salaries as Members of Parliament for the latest available year.
§ Sir E. BoyleThe following table classifies the amounts of Members' expenses allowed for Income Tax purposes against their remuneration as Members of Parliament for the year 1959–60 (ended 5th April, 1960). It includes only those Members whose expenses claim related to the full year. Ministers have not been included.
As Parliament was dissolved for a short period during the year, the maximum remuneration of a Member during the year was £1,654.
Final figures for the expenses of nearly one quarter of the Members are not available; in these cases the amounts which have been included in the table are the amounts provisionally allowed in the codings for the purpose of determining P.A.Y.E. deductions. It is not expected, however, that on the whole the final figures will be very different from the provisional figures.
Expenses allowed Number of Members Up to £100 … … … 7 £101– 150 … … … 1 £151– 200 … … … — £201– 250 … … … — £251– 300 … … … 1 £301– 350 … … … 3 £351– 400 … … … 4 £401– 450 … … … 9 £451– 500 … … … 7 £501– 550 … … … 10 £551– 600 … … … 12 £601– 650 … … … 11 £651– 700 … … … 18 £701– 750 … … … 25 £751– 800 … … … 29 £801– 850 … … … 29 £851– 900 … … … 24 £901– 950 … … … 30 £951–1,000 … … … 29 £1,001–1,050 … … … 18 £1,051–1,100 … … … 12 £1,101–1,150 … … … 18 £1,151–1,200 … … … 19 £1,201–1,250 … … … 10 £1,251–1,300 … … … 16 £1,301–1,350 … … … 11 £1,351–1,400 … … … 13 £1,401–1,450 … … … 12 £1,451–1,500 … … … 2 £1,501–1,550 … … … 8 £1,551–1,600 … … … 5 £1,601–1,650 … … … 7 £1,651–1,654 … … … 40 440