§ Mr. Hal Millerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the proposed taxation of company cars will extend to cover cars provided to trades union officials by their unions.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonYes.
§ Mr. Hal Millerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the proposed taxation of company cars will extend to cover cars provided to public servants by central Government, local government and nationalised industries.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonYes.
§ Mr. Trotterasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report the basis on which the figures for private car benefits contained in Table A of Schedule 7 of the Finance Bill were computed and in particular the estimates made for each category of car as regards capital cost, depreciation, total annual mileage, private annual milage and running costs.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThese figures are based on figures for motoring costs published by the AA in May 1975, and represent one half of standing charges, together with running costs for 5,000 miles a year. The figures for cars which are four years old or more are two-thirds of those for newer cars.