HC Deb 24 February 1984 vol 54 cc645-6W
Mr. Neil Hamilton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the increase in the number of staff employed in the Inland Revenue special offices, Official Report, 18 November 1983, column 597, will give rise to an intensification of the recategorisation programme indicated in his reply to the hon. Member for Tatton, Official Report, 13 July 1983, columns 384–85.

Mr. Moore

The redeployment of 850 staff to which I referred in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Berkshire, East (Mr. MacKay) at column 597 does not involve special offices. These staff will be employed in local tax offices investigating aspects of the black economy and will not in general be concerned with determining employment status for tax purposes.

Mr. Neil Hamilton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers have been reclassified, since categories of earners were defined in the Social Security Act 1975, for national insurance purposes, from self-employment status to employment status.

Mr. Moore

I regret that the detailed information requested is not available. Information about certain taxpayers who have had the tax treatment of some of their earnings or their employment status for tax purposes changed or determined for the first time were given in my written answer to my hon. Friend's earlier question on this subject on 16 January at column 15.