§ Mr. Costainasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many forms of P.11D were returned by employers to the Inland Revenue for the year to 5th April, 1949, and for the year to 5th April, 1965; how many people in the Inland Revenue are now engaged on checking these forms; what proportion of the forms is in fact checked; and what yield of tax arose in the year to 5th April, 1965, from information revealed in the forms.
§ Mr. MacDermotFor the year 1948–49, Form P.11D was not in use. For the year 1964–65, 378,000 forms were received by the Inland Revenue. All such forms are examined by the Revenue in the course of the normal annual review of the liability of the individuals to whom they relate, but it is impossible to state the number of staff who carried out this particular work.
The aggregate income assessed to tax for 1964–65 in consequence of reports on Forms P.11D was some £20 million, on which Income Tax and Surtax was about £10 million.