§ Mr. Andrew Smithasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many fraud officers were employed in the Inland Revenue (a) in May 1980 and (b) in the most recent month for which figures are available.
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Table 1 Allowances and Reliefs—Employees United Kingdom Germany £ £ (see note 1) Personal allowances (a) Basic exemption (zero rate band) Single person 2,455 Single person 990 One-earner married couple 3,695 One-earner married couple 1,985 Two-earner married couple 6,150 Two-earner married couple 1,985
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe Inland Revenue employs some 2,400 staff on investigation work in local tax offices and specialist units. The equivalent figure for May 1980 was about 1,500.