§ Sir C. Mott-Radclyffeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many estates exemption from Estate Duty on objects of national, scientific, historic or artistic merit has been granted under Section 40 of the Finance Act, 1930, as amended by Section 48 of the Finance Act, 1950, in each year since 1950.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe table below shows the number of estates in which applications were received in each year; there are no records of the number granted, but only a very few were rejected.
1950 … … … 108 1951 … … … 107 1952 … … … 113 1953 … … … 114 1954 … … … 101 1955 … … … 128 1956 … … … 89 1957 … … … 101 1958 … … … 87 1959 … … … 92 1960 … … … 98 1961 … … … 108 1962 … … … 109 1963 … … … 129 1964 … … … 131