§ Mr. David Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the total staff employed by the Inland Revenue in the following years: 1931, 1941, 1951, 1961, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe numbers of staff in post, including staff employed on short-period engagements, at 1st April each year were as follows:
1931 18,820 1941 25,261 1951 52,998 1961 58,168 1971 71,844 1972 76,792 1973 75,680 1974 77,105 1975 80,432
Earnings at May 1974 (annual rate) Disposable Income Disposable Income revalued at March 1976 prices Gross Income required in 1976–77 to give disposable income as in col.(3) Increase required in gross income (col. (4) less col. (1)) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) £ £ £ £ £ 1,560 (£30 per week) 1,353 1,893 2,347 787 2,501 (average industrial earnings) 1,904 2,666 3,728 1,227 The figures take account of the conditional and unconditional tax allowances proposed for 1976–77.
Gross earnings shown do not include family allowances, but tax on family alowance and clawback have been taken into account where appropriate, and the allowance is included in disposable income figures.
The retail price index used is that for March 1976 the latest available. Average earnings at May 1974 have been obtained by updating the April 1974 New Earnings Survey estimated by means of the monthly index of average earnings.