§ Mr. Bakerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff in the Inland Revenue are involved in the administration of capital gains tax.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonIn 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 412W
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.