NATIONAL FINANCE P.A.Y.E. (Administration)

HC Deb 09 December 1947 vol 445 c845

45. Mr. Sharp

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in reducing the arrears of work in the administration of P.A.Y.E.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Stafford Cripps)

Steady and substantial progress has been made. By April, 1948, the assessing work for 1944–45 and 1945–46 will be virtually completed and the assessing for 1946–47 will be well advanced in most areas and completed in many. The arrears of correspondence have been very much reduced.