§ Mr. Knoxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many prosecutions there were in each of the past five years for tax evasion; and how many of these resulted in convictions.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI would refer the hon. Member to the replies given to the hon and learned Member for Leicester, West (Mr. Janner) and the hon. Member for Harborough (Mr. Farr) on 25th April and 1st July respectively; these give the relevant figures, where available, for VED and VAT. For the taxes administered by the Inland Revenue, I would refer the hon. Member to table 9 of the 119th Report of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Inland Revenue for the year ended 31st March 1975, Cmnd. 6734. In the case of the revenue duties, I regret that the information 623W could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 26th July 1977;Vol. 936, c. 177], gave the following reply: I regret that in the time available it has not been possible to provide the information requested. I will write to the hon. Member.