§ Dr. Winstanleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if, in view of the practice not to divulge information about narrow groups of taxpayers, he will cease to divulge such information about general medical practitioners under contract to executive councils;
(2) if, in view of the practice not to divulge information about narrow groups of taxpayers, he will now cease to divulge such information about civil servants of different grades;
(3) if, in view of the practice not to divulge information about narrow groups 275W of taxpayers, he will cease to divulge such information about dental practitioners under contract to executive councils;
(4) if he will define and list the narrow groups of taxpayers concerning whom it is not the practice to divulge information in answers to Parliamentary Questions.
§ Mr. DiamondIt is not the practice of the Inland Revenue to divulge information about narrow groups of taxpayers without the consent of their representatives. The information about doctors and dentists that is given to the Ministry of Health, with the agreement of the representatives of the profession in each case, does not reveal details about separate individuals or partnerships. The information divulged about civil servants, e.g. under the heading "Public Departments (Civilian)" in Table 137 of the Department's 110th Report (Cmnd. 3508), does not distinguish the different grades.