§ 63. Mr. Peytonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the staff of the Inland Revenue Department has increased in each of the last three years.
Mr. AmoryThe principal reason has been the increasing work in local offices of H.M. Inspectors of Taxes, due mainly to an increase in the number of taxpayers. An additional cause in the last year has been the beginning of preparatory work in local Valuation Offices for the rating revaluation which is to take effect in 1963.