§ Mr. RookerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the amount of payments to uncertified subcontractors before deducations on account of tax in the lastest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[holding answer 11 January 1988]: No record is kept of the total payments by contractors to uncertificated subcontractors in respect of which deductions have to be made, but it is estimated that it amounted to about £1,350 million in the year ended 31 March 1987.