§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what estimate he has made of the net additional income that would accrue to local authorities on the basis that public schools, now exempt as charities, paid rates.
§ Mr. MacCollThe Government do not collect any detailed figures about the 50 per cent. rate relief for charities, but the Public Schools Commission have had an estimate prepared of the amount of such relief enjoyed by independent schools, and it will be published shortly 307W in their First Report. Abolishing this relief would not necessarily lead to any net addition to local authority income except in the case of authorities receiving no resources element in their rate support grant.