asked the Chancellor of the the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the latest estimated cost of each central Government subsidy both on food and for the products of nationalised industries in the current financial year and showing these costs as a part of standard rate of income tax.

Following is the information:

Food subsidies
	£ million
Bread	63
Butter	60
Cheese	39
Flour	5
Milk	331
Tea	17
Total	515

Nationalised industries subsidies
1. Compensation for price restraint:
Electricity
England and Wales	290
Scotland	25
Gas	25
Post Office	300
Sub-total	640
2. Other:
Rail	370*
Coal	140
Total	1,150
* Excluding capital grants.

The total estimated expenditure on these subsidies of £1,665 million is equivalent to about 18 per cent. of the estimated yield from basic rate income tax in 1974–75.