HC Deb 21 April 1977 vol 930 c140W
Mr. Onslow

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the wage costs of the Inland Revenue in each of the past six years.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

The wage costs of the Inland Revenue Department from 1971–72 onwards, including employer's national insurance and overtime but excluding the remuneration of clerks to commissioners, have been as follows:

£m
1971–72 126
1972–73 133
1973–74 147
1974–75 193
1975–76 263
1976–77 292