§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will list, giving the relevant references in the Official Report, those occasions on which the amounts of estate duty or capital transfer tax satisfied by the acceptance of objects or land in respect of individual cases have been specified in written answers dealing with such acceptances subsequent to those listed comprehensively in annex 2 to the memorandum by Her Majesty's Treasury dated 31 August 1977, published in the third report from the Expenditure Committee, House of Commons Paper 280 of Session 1977–79, pages 6–12, until those detailed in the written answers to the hon. Member for Warley, East on 1 May 1980, Official Report, column 597, listed acceptances during the last financial year prior to the 101W responsibility for such answers being transferred from her Majesty's Treasury to the Office of Arts and Libraries and the Department of the Environment.
§ Mr. Moore[pursuant to his reply, 24 March 1986, c. 387]: In the relevant period, announcements of acceptances of items in lieu specifying the estate duty or capital transfer tax satisfied were made on the following dates:
- 22 June 1978, columns 304–5
- 28 March 1979, column 235
- 26 October 1979, column 358
- 14 January 1980, columns 652–53
- 2 April 1980, columns 248
§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will specify, giving the relevant references in the Official Report, the occasions when it has been stated to the House on behalf of Her Majesty's Treasury that the amounts of estate duty or capital transfer tax satisfied by the acceptance of objects or land is confidential in respect of individual cases during the period between the initiation of the system to the transfer of responsibility in 1980.
§ Mr. Moore[pursuant to his reply, 24 March 1986, c. 387]: I am aware of two occasions in the relevant period on which the question of tax confidentiality was raised in this general context. These are 9 May 1978, at columns 490–91, and 12 June 1978, at columns 342–43.