§ Mr. Kenneth Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates would be the cost to the revenue of including minerals, classified as Order II in the Standard Industrial Classifications, 144W among those scheduled to benefit from the receipt of premiums under the provisions of the recent White Paper, Command Paper No. 2986.
§ Mr. DiamondThe nationalised coal industry is to have the tax refunded and, as I announced yesterday it has been decided that extractive industries in the private sector should receive the same treatment. The extra cost of paying premiums would be of the order of £10 million in a full year.
§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the additional costs which will fall upon hotels and boarding houses in Great Britain as a result of the Selective Employment Tax.
§ Mr. DiamondThe additional cost for the hotel and catering industry as a whole would be in the region of f20-£25 million in a full year at the level of employment in 1965. Separate figures for hotels and boarding houses alone are not available.
§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost of exempting from Selective Employment Tax employers who are registered charities.
§ Mr. DiamondI regret that this information is not available; there is no central record of staff employed by charities.
§ Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost of exempting employers of registered disabled persons from the Selective Employment Tax.
§ Mr. DiamondIf all those on the Ministry of Labour register were employed, and the distribution among the three industrial groups was the same as for employees generally, the cost of relief would be over £10 million.