§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many single parents have applied to the Inland Revenue to have their PAYE tax code for 1976–77 adjusted to take account of
Year Number of income tax assessments made Amount of tax paid (excluding surtax) Number of staff employed Salary cost of staff £ £ 1972–73 … … 338 111,029 32 94,000 1973–74 … … 449 122,725 32 98,000 1974–75 … … 494 142,766 32 115,000 This does not include the amounts of surtax assessed or paid, because surtax assessments are made on total income and liability arising by virtue of Section 478 is not necessarily separately assessed. It would, therefore, require a substantial and disproportionate amount of work to estimate the surtax assessed and paid as a consequence of the application of the section.