§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Minister of Education if he will give an estimate of the amount of Purchase Tax paid by local education authorities on their supplies of stationery and teaching aids.
§ Sir E. BoyleNo information is available on which an estimate could be based.
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§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Minister of Education if he will circulate in the Official Report a list of the items of supply on which local education authorities have to pay purchase tax.
§ Sir E. BoyleNo precise information is available, but it is likely that local education authorities purchase a large number of the chargeable items listed in Notice No. 78 issued by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.