§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number of convictions against people working as self-employed sub-contracting labour for the non-payment of income tax or national health contributions during the last three years.
§ Mr. HigginsThis information is not available.
§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can give the estimated yearly loss of revenue in income tax payments and national health insurance contributions caused by the non-payment by people working as self-employed sub-contracting labour during each of the last three years.
§ Mr. HigginsIt is estimated that the yearly tax loss in the construction industry was of the order of £10 million a year. Legislation was introduced in the 1971 Finance Act to tackle this problem. No information is available in respect of national insurance contributions.