§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if in his forthcoming Budget he will introduce measures to increase the yield from death duties.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI cannot anticipate my right hon. Friend's Budget statement.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present yield from death duties.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe net receipt in 1969–70 was £364.8 million.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of evasion of death duties have been discovered in each of the years from 1964 onwards; and what action was taken by his Department to deal with any such cases.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe number of cases which were the subject of inquiry is given in the table below. In such cases any unpaid duty is recovered and the possibility of penalty proceedings considered. Penalties were imposed in six cases over the period. There were also two convictions for fraud in 1967.
Year ending 30th September 1964 94 1965 112 1966 113 1967 104 1968 125 1969 156 1970 92