§ 44. Sir W. Smithersasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of officials employed in the United Kingdom in collecting Customs duties.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI am not quite clear as to the scope of this Question. The total staff of the Customs and Excise Department on 1st April, 1952, was 14,803. No separate figure of staff concerned with collection of Customs duties is avail- able since, within the Customs and Excise Department, there is no clear-cut segregation of Customs, Excise and Purchase Tax work or of staffs, who also carry out services for other Government Departments.