§ Mr. Peter Reesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officers of the Customs and Excise have been allocated for out-of-hours examination at the port of Dover, at the landing office, at the station presentation of entries, repectively; and what were the equivalent figures for officers allocated for normal hours examination.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe numbers of officers of Customs employed in the port of Dover in landing and SPE offices vary from time to time according to the demands of the traffic. Figures given below are for out-of-hours and, in brackets, for normal hours attendance during a representative average week for import and export work.
Landing Offices SPE Offices Monday 43 (48) 8 (9) Tuesday 46 (50) 10 (9) Wednesday 46 (49) 10 (11) Thursday 46 (53) 10 (12) Friday 46 (52) 10 (13) Saturday 42 (34) 8 (7) Sunday* 63 (8) 10 (Nil) * The whole of Sunday is out-of-hours.