§ Mr. Canavanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether, in the case of disabled people, he will consider a partial or total exemption from paying capital transfer tax;
(2) whether he will initiate a study of the effects on disabled people who, by
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NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES Subsidies, compensation and other payments made in the period to March 1977 Capital Debt and Revenue Deficits written-off to March 1977 £ million £ million National Coal Board … … … 680 864.6(5) Electricity Industry (England and Wales) … … … 674 — Electricity Industry (Scotland) … … … 108 — British Gas Corporation … … … 107 — British National Oil Corporation … … … — — British Steel Corporation … … … — 350.0(6) Post Office … … … 449 207.1(7) British Airways Board … … … 48 135.0(8) British Airports Authority … … … 18(2) — British Transport Commission(l) … … … 260 487.4 British Railways Board … … … 2,968(3) 1,451.1(9) London Transport Board(l) … … … 41 269.8 British Transport Docks Board … … … — — British Waterways Board … … … 56 15.5 National Freight Corporation … … … 73 — National Bus Company … … … 63(4) — Scottish Transport Group … … … 23(4) — (1) The BTC ceased to exist from 1st January 1963. The LTB ceased to be a nationalised industry on 1st January 1970. (2) Grants for the development of Edinburgh and Aberdeen Airports. (3) Payments to passenger transport executives in respect of their payments for BR services are included. (4) Grants towards bus fuel duty are excluded. Since this table covers specific central Government grants only, local authority subsidies to bus services are also excluded, except for the central Government contribution to local authority subsidies to rural bus services. Certain grants included in the totals are also available to other operators in the industry. (5) Includes £90–8 million in respect of accumulated revenue losses at March 1965, £24–8 million provision for revenue losses in the year ended March 1966 and £174–6 million in respect of accumulated revenue losses to March 1973. inheriting a family home, are required to pay capital transfer tax and are disqualified from receiving supplementary allowance because of the capital limit.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI will let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.