§ 51. Dame Irene Wardasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the light of the recommendations of the Select Committee on the Parliamentary Commissioner, he will take steps to ensure, in cases where the Parliamentary Commissioner has found maladministration by the Inland Revenue and recommended financial compensation, the prompt payment of such compensation.
§ Mr. NottThe Parliamentary Commissioner's recommendations in cases involving the Inland Revenue are in the overwhelming majority of cases implemented by that Department. There are more than 25 million taxpayers; and out of about 360 cases referred to the PCA in which the Inland Revenue was the main Department concerned, in only nine cases has he found that there has been maladministration which has not been remedied. In these cases there were overriding factors which have prevented the Revenue from being able to provide a remedy.
§ Mr. Cordleasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he proposes to take in respect of instances of maladministration by the Inland Revenue, reported upon by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, which have not yet been remedied; and, in particular, if he will have regard to case No. C559/G reported in the Fifth Report of the Select 471W Committee on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, Session 1972–73.
§ Mr. NottI shall shortly be writing to my hon. Friend who referred Case No. C559/G to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration. So far as cases generally are concerned, the PCA's recommendations are in the overwhelming majority of cases implemented by the Inland Revenue. Out of about 360 cases—which should be related to more than 25 million taxpayers—in which the Inland Revenue was the main Department concerned, there have been only nine cases where he has found that maladministration occurred which has not been remedied. In these nine cases there were overriding factors which have prevented the Revenue from being able to provide a remedy.