HC Deb 10 January 1977 vol 923 cc411-2W
Mr. Baker

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff in the Inland Revenue are involved in the administration of capital gains tax.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

In local tax and collection offices the work of the various taxes is not segregated, so that a considerable proportion of the staff will be involved with capital gains tax work at one time or another. Overall, it is esti-

TABLE 1
OVERSEAS EARNINGS FROM TRAVEL
1971 1972 1975 1974 1975
Germany (million Deutsche marks) 5,324 5,973 5,883 6,022 7,014
France (million francs) 7,997 9,818 10,674 12,785 14,879
Italy (billion lira) 1,164 1,267 1,378 1,245 1,684
Netherlands (million guilders) 2,261 2,396 2,687 2,742 2,803
Belgium and Luxembourg (million francs) 17,979 19,500 25,100 27,800 32,400
United Kingdom (million £s) 488 550 682 837 1,114
Ireland (million £s) 79 66 83 85 103
Denmark (million kroner) 2,865 3,387 3,494 3,913 4,291
TABLE 2
OVERSEAS EARNINGS FROM TRAVEL AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL OVERSEAS EARNINGS
1971 1972 1975 1974 1975
West Germany 3.0 3.1 2.6 2.1 2.4
France 5.4 5.3 4.8 4.2 5.0
Italy 8.5 8.7 8.3 6.3 5.8
Netherlands 3.3 3.4 3.1 2.5 2.5
Belgium and Luxembourg 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.1 2.4
United Kingdom 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.7
Ireland 10.2 7.8 6.8 6.6 7.1
Denmark 7.4 7.8 6.3 5.7 6.0
TABLE 3
OVERSEAS EARNINGS FROM TRAVEL AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL OVERSEAS EARNINGS
1971 1972 1975 1974 1975
West Germany 13.6 14.3 12.9 11.5 12.3
France 17.6 17.9 16.8 15.2 N.A.
Italy 25.4 26.7 25.4 21.8 25.1
Netherlands 11.2 12.0 10.9 9.1 9.4
Belgium and Luxembourg 10.0 9.8 9.9 7.5 6.8
United Kingdom 8.9 9.0 8.3 8.5 10.1
Ireland 31.2 26.1 22.5 21.5 N.A.
Denmark 24.5 25.5 19.5 17.9 N.A.
Sources: Eurostats, Balance of Payments, Tourism Policy and International Tourism, International Financial Statistics, National Sources.

mated that the equivalent of about 1,550 full units of staff was taken up with this work in 1975–76.