HC Deb 14 December 1979 vol 975 cc825-6W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

The information requested is as follows:

power, in real terms, of 7s. 6d. when the fee was first set at that level.

Mr. Wiggin

The excise duty for keeping a dog was raised to its present level of 37½p—7s. 6d.—in 1878. I am advised by the Central Statistical Office that, in terms of purchasing power, the corresponding amount today might lie in the range £7-£8.