§ Mr. STURROCKasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether any of the Departments of Inland Revenue in Edinburgh are being put under the direct control of London instead of being, as formerly, under the jurisdiction of the Controller in Edinburgh; and whether it is the policy of the Board of Inland Revenue in London to detract from the status of the Controller in Edinburgh and to centralise authority in London?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe responsibility for the control and management of the Inland Revenue throughout the United Kingdom is vested by Statute in the Board of Inland Revenue, and the Inland Revenue Office at Edinburgh, in common with all Inland Revenue Offices outside London, is subject to their jurisdiction. The general supervisory functions allotted by the Board to their principal officer at Edinburgh have not been altered.