§ Mr. SLOANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the present Income Tax staff is sufficient to cope with the work of the Budget, apart from the Land Taxes;, and whether he will have an inquiry instituted into the pressure of work in the offices of surveyors of taxes?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEIf, as would appear from the second part of the question, the hon. Member has in mind the Tax Surveying Staff of the Inland Revenue, I beg to refer him to the answer of my right hon. Friend the Financial Secretary on 19th July last to a question by the hon. and gallant Member for East Down.
§ Mr. SLOANasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the pressure of work in the offices of surveyors of taxes; whether he is aware that the quinquennial assessments on property have to be made this year; is he aware of the amount of work that this gives the staffs of such offices; has he been informed that the Budget will considerably increase' the work in these offices; is he aware that clerks to surveyors of taxes have to work very late hours without extra payment; and will he state definitely the precise number of hours these clerks can be compelled to work without being paid for overtime?
§ Mr. LLOYD-GEORGEAs regards the first three parts of the question I am aware of the duties which are required to be performed in the offices of Surveyors of Taxes. I have dealt with the fourth part of the-question in my reply to another question) put down by the hon. Member for to-day. The answer to the fifth part is in the negative. As regards the sixth part, the maximum number of hours per week for which clerks to Surveyors of Taxes may toe required to work without extra remuneration is 48.