§ Mr. Rookerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many prosecutions have taken place in each of the past three years for non-payment of (a) income tax, (b) surtax,(c) capital gains tax and (d) 187W corporation tax; and how much was recovered in each case.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI regret that the information is not available in the form asked for. The latest available figures for the total number of cases where legal proceedings were commenced in the civil courts for the recovery of tax are as follows:
These figures cannot be broken down among the various taxes. No figures are available for the amounts recovered in consequence of these proceedings.
SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS 1973 … … … … 16,058 1974 … … … … 15,452 1975 … … … … 13,032 COUNTY COURT 1973 … … … … 33,866 1974 … … … … 46,670 1975 … … … … 62,325 HIGH COURT 1973 … … … … 4,317 1974 … … … … 4,680 1975 … … … … 5,231