§ Mr. McKelveyasked the Chancellor of the Exchquer how much revenue was raised by the development land tax in each of its years of operation.
§ Mr. WakehamThe information is as follows:
£ million Year Development Land Tax Net of tax benefit to local authorities 1976–77 1 4 1977–78 7 7 1978–79 13 8
Full time equivalents.* At 1 January 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 Non-industrials 569,852 567,015 566,059 548,421 542,790 532,805 Industrials 176,309 170,969 167,117 159,199 152,280 142,619 Total 746,161 737,984 733,176 707,620 695,070 675,424 Source: Quarterly Staff Return.
* Part time staff counted as half units.
Entrant and leaver figures for industrial staff are not held centrally; numbers for the non-industrial Home Civil Service are:
1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Entrants (rounded) 57,500 64,900 48,700 48,600 32,200 Leavers by cause Age retirement 16,545 12,827 12,675 15,478 15,226 Voluntary resignation 37,640 48,201 49,405 33,891 22,905 Voluntary early retirement 19 10 — 612 130 Redundancy 637 483 137 244 734 Premature Retirement 3,024 2,926 2,690 2,547 2,822 Dismissal 687 655 576 613 516 Other 2,556 2,549 2,574 2,243 2,118 Total (rounded) 61,100 67,700 68,100 55,600 44,500 Source: PRISM, Central Records.
It is known, however, that there were over 2,300 redundancies amongst industrial civil servants in 1981.
The annual changes shown in the two tables differ because of differences in their coverage and in the counting of part-time staff.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants are in receipt of salaries in excess of that paid to hon. Members.
§ Mr. HayhoeAbout 20,500 non-industrial civil servants at present receive salaries greater than £13,950 per annum, which is the current basic pay of hon. Members.
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Year Development Land Tax Net of tax benefit to local authorities 1979–80 27 13 1980–81 27 10 1981–82 39 2