§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax inspectors are involved with the collection of tax under Schedule D at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI take it my hon. Friend is referring to the assessment and collection of tax chargeable under
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CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS Number of persons convicted (number acquitted shown in brackets) Nature at offence 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 False accounts and returns of income, etc. … … … 21 (4) 12 (4) 16 (1) 8 7 (3) False claims to personal allowances, deductions for expenses, repayment, etc. … … … 131 (6) 125 (7) 65 (3) 60 (6) 16 (2) PAYE False returns (offences by employers and pay clerks, etc.) … … … 15 (2) 2 5 10 3 (1) Forgery, impersonation, etc. by employees … … … — 7 (2) 5 8 — False claims for post-war credit … — — 1 4 — Sub-contractor exemption certificate frauds … … … — — 2 20 (3) 69 (7) Theft, etc., of payable orders and Giro cheques … … … 26 (1) 41 (1) 58 (1) 30 (3) 27 (1) Assaults con Inland Revenue Officers … … … 2 2 — 6 3 Miscellaneous … … … — 6 — — 1 Totals … … … 195 (13) 195 (14) 152 (5) 146 (12) 126 (14) Schedule D on both individual traders, etc., and on companies. It is estimated that at present there are about 17,000 staff, including about 3,900 inspectors, employed on the assessing work in this category, and about 4,200 on the collection side.