asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer of which fringe benefits he has recent information as to, respectively, the number of persons in receipt, the aggregate cost to the employer or State, and their value distributed by income levels ; and if he will set out this information.

The term " fringe benefits " covers a very wide range of facilities, and information about them comes from a number of sources of very varying reliability and does not lend itself to tabular presentation in the manner requested, if the hon. Member is interested in one particular type of benefit in kind and will write to me, I will see what information can be provided.