§ Mr. Shoreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff have been employed in the collection of selective employment tax in each year since 1966; and how many are employed today.
§ Mr. HigginsCollection of S.E.T. is integrated with collection of flat-rate national insurance contributions: no staff can therefore be identified as solely engaged in this task. The staff engaged on payment of S.E.T. refunds has numbered about 700 since the tax was introduced.