§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is satisfied that writers and other artistic creators are treated equally for tax purposes with salaried workers, in view of their gross fluctuations of income from one year to the next; and if he will introduce a progressive averaging of professional income
Estimate 1975–1976 1976–1977 1977–1978 1978–1979 1979–1980 £769,485 £1,024,650 £902,770 £991,311 £1,315,045 This funding is not being discontinued, although cuts in the aid programme as a whole will mean that somewhat less will be available for such research over the next few years.