§ Mr. Biffenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much income tax was collected in respect of 1967–68 under the Pay As You Earn system; and what proportion this sum represented of total income tax collected in respect of that year.
§ Mr. Harold LeverThe gross amount of income tax collected through P.A.Y.E. for 1967–68 was £2,775 million or about 60 per cent. of the gross income tax collectable on all incomes arising in that year.