§ Mr. Joel Barnettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the planned establishment of the Inland Revenue and the Customs and Excise, respectively; and what is the size of the shortfall.
§ Mr. NottThe currently authorised complements of Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise are about 72,100 and 26,000 respectively. The staff in post are about 2,800 and 1,500 short of these figures.
§ Mr. Joel Barnettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he anticipates that the yield from income tax corporation tax, and customs and excise will be affected by the staff shortages; and, if there is no such effect, whether he is satisfied with the size of establishments.
§ Mr. NottIt is not anticipated that the yield from income tax corporation tax and customs and excise will be affected by staff shortages. The adequacy of currently authorised establishments is kept under continuous review.
§ Mr. Joel Barnettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many hours of overtime are currently being worked by staffs of the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise; and how this compares with the same time in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. NottIn September 1973, Customs and Excise staff worked 301,694 hours of overtime, and in the quarter July-220W September 1973 Inland Revenue staff worked approximately 250,000 hours of overtime. Annual totals for the 10 financial years up to 1972–73 were:
OVERTIME HOURS Financial Year Customs and Excise Inland Revenue 1963–64 2,834,821 850,000 1964–65 3,065,454 440,000 1965–66 4,022,994 800,000 1966–67 4,020,034 1,070,000 1967–68 3,798,665 2,100,000 1968–69 3,444,924 1,900,000 1969–70 3,143,031 2,800,000 1970–71 3,378,347 3,000,000 1971–72 3,782,130 3,100,000 1972–73 3,697,001 2,400,000