§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the number of development gains tax cases outstanding and the probable tax yield on those cases.
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§ Mr. Denzil Davies, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24th February 1977], gave the following information:
I regret that this information is not available.
§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total yield of development gains tax to date.
§ Mr. Denzil Davies, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24th February 1977], gave the following answer:
I would refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Melton (Mr. Latham) on 2nd February 1977.
§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what increases in the staff of the Chief Valuer's Department has been necessary to handle work arising from development land tax at (a) central and (b) local level.
§ Mr. Denzil Davies, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24th February 1977], gave the following information:
One additional post in the Chief Valuer's Office has been created for central liaison on development land tax; in local offices the work on DLT is integrated with other valuation work but the additional cost is estimated at the equivalent of about 165 full-time staff.
§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total number of staff currently involved in the administration of development land tax.
§ Mr. Denzil Davies, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24th February 1977], gave the following information
The equivalent of about 330, including staff employed in valuation offices on DLT work.
§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total cost to date of administering development land tax.
§ Mr. Denzil Davies, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24th February 1977], gave the following information:
The estimated cost to date is about £950,000.
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§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the latest administrative costs of development gains tax to date.
§ Mr. Denzil Davies, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 24th February 1977], gave the following information:
The work on development gains tax in local tax offices and valuation offices is integrated with work on other taxes. It is estimated that the administrative costs to date have been in the region of £150–200,000.