§ Mr. Yeoasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many charities received refunds of income tax during the latest financial year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MooreI regret that precise information is not avialable, since the central record of claims is not maintained in charity order. In the year ended 30 September 1983 there were about 105,000 claims of repayments made by charities, but individual charities may have made more than one claim in the year.