HC Deb 19 November 1968 vol 773 c244W
Mr. Winnick

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate has been made by his Department on the distribution of private wealth in the country; and if he will publish the numbers in percentage terms, giving comparative figures on the distribution of private wealth in 1938 and now.

Mr. Harold Lever

The latest official estimates relating to 1967, calculated by applying mortality rates to Estate Duty returns as in the Report of the Board of Inland Revenue for the year ended 31st March, 1967, are as follows:

taken by the Inland Revenue will be in the future, as it has been in the past, to get the assessments settled and the tax paid as soon as possible.