§ 39. Sir B. Rhys Williamsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the expenditure in 1970–71 and 1971–72 on modernisation of the facilities for handling Pay As You Earn income tax by the Inland Revenue Department split by regions.
§ Mr. TaverneThe information analysed by reference to the location of the computer centres is as follows:
1970–71 1971–72 £ £ Bootle 1,642,000 2,028,000 Cardiff 994,000 1,997,000 Shipley 871,000 1,964,000 Manchester 678,000 1,593,000 Washington 243,000 245,000 Edinburgh 267,000 236,000 Portsmouth 330,000 210,000 5,025,000 8,273,000