§ Mr. Nottasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will publish a table showing, from international sources of information available to him, estimates of the percentage of the gross national
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§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe total costs of the Inland Revenue, including supplementary services rendered by other Departments, amounted to £211,398,000 in 1973–74, and are estimated at £385,047,000 for 1975–76. The number of staff employed at the beginning of 1973–74 totalled 75,940, including the full-time equivalent of casual staff, and, at the beginning of 1975–76, 80,419.
The total costs of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise amounted to £84,471,000 in 1973–74 and are estimated at £176,000,000 for 1975–76. The number of staff employed at the beginning of 1973–74 totalled 23,464, and, at the beginning of 1975–76, 28,485.