§ Mr. Christopher Priceasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number of charities that applied for tax relief during the last full year for which figures 304W are available, the number that were granted tax relief and the amount of tax relief so granted.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe estimated number of repayment claims received in the year ending 30th September 1973 was about 75,000. An unknown number of these were multiple claims and it is not possible to give the number of individual charities. The amount of tax repaid was about £70 million.