Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance. – in the House of Commons at on 1 October 1931.
Mr Edward Williams
, Ogmore
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of taxation per head, expressed in sterling, for the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and the United States, respectively, for the year 1913–14 and for each year from 1921 to date?
Mr Philip Snowden
, Colne Valley
With the hon. Member's permission I will circulate a tabular statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
Mr Edward Wise
, Leicester East
In circulating the figures will the right hon. Gentleman—[Interruption].
Lieut-General Edward Fitzroy
, Daventry
We should get on much more quickly if hon. Gentlemen did not make so much noise. Mr. Wise!
Mr Edward Wise
, Leicester East
In preparing the figures, will the right hon. Gentleman be good enough to give, if possible, the comparative taxation at various incomes so as to get comparable figures rather than a general average?
Mr Philip Snowden
, Colne Valley
The tabular statement which I shall circulate is a full reply to the question on the Paper.
Mr Robert Taylor
, Lincoln
Does it include local and provincial taxes as well as national taxes?
| TAXATION IN STERLING. | |||||||||||||||||
| — | U.K. | France. | Germany. | Italy. | U.S.A. | ||||||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| 1913 or 1913–14 | … | … | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 |
| 1921 or 1921–22 | … | … | 18 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | —* | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1922 or 1922–23 | … | … | 17 | 8 | 1† | 8 | 11 | 3 | —* | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | ||
| 1923 or 1923–24 | … | … | 16 | 2 | 5† | 6 | 18 | 2 | —* | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 11 | ||
| 1924 or 1924–25 | … | … | 15 | 9 | 0† | 7 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| 1925 or 1925–26 | … | … | 15 | 2 | 8† | 6 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 1926 or 1926–27 | … | … | 14 | 11 | 8† | 5 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 1927 or 1927–28 | … | … | 15 | 6 | 3† | 8 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 |
| 1928 or 1928–29 | … | … | 15 | 0 | 8† | 9 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 |
| 1929 or 1929–30 | … | … | 14 | 15 | 10† | 9 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 8 |
| 1930 or 1930–31 | … | … | 15 | 6 | 6† | 10 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 1931 or 1931–32 | … | … | Original | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | 12 | 11† | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Revised | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 17 | 11† | |||||||||||||||
| In the case of Germany and the U.S.A. the figures refer only to Federal taxes, and local taxation is excluded in all cases. For this and other reasons the figures are not strictly comparable. | |||||||||||||||||
| * Owing to the depreciation of the paper mark the annual returns of revenue in the years 1921–23 are of no statistical value. | |||||||||||||||||
| † Excluding Irish Free State. |
