§ Mr. Staintonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many civil servants would have occupied the six leaseholds in various parts of the country and the new Crown building in Plymouth intended by the Property Services Agency for the conjectured introduction of the wealth tax.
§ Mr. MarksAs stated by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary on 20th May 1975 in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Thornaby (Mr. Wriggles-worth)—[Vol. 892, c. 334]—the number of staff who would have occupied this accommodation to administer wealth tax and capital transfer tax would have been broadly as follows:
Stockton-on-Tees … … 200 Stockport … … … 400 Derby … … … 200 Solihull … … … 200 Wrexham … … … 350 Plymouth … … … 400 There would have been about 125 new posts in the capital tax office in Edinburgh, which incorporated the existing Scottish Estate Duty Office.
No accommodation for capital tax purposes has been taken in Sheffield and Worthing.