HC Deb 03 July 1978 vol 953 c59W
Mr. John Moore

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing for each year since 1945 (a) the total number of people employed in the Inland Revenue, including tem-

Year Staff in post Estimated number of taxpayers ('000's) Number of employees per £1 million of income tax
1. 2. 3.
1944–45 … … … … … 35,745 14,500 25.8
1945–46 … … … … … 43,848 15,250 30.4
1946–47 … … … … … 49,283 14,000 40.0
1947–48 … … … … … 49,266 14,600 38.3
1948–49 … … … … … 49,507 14,500 33.9
1949–50 … … … … … 49,759 15,050 32.1
1950–51 … … … … … 52,998 15,800 34.5
1951–52 … … … … … 53,260 16,150 29.4
1952–53 … … … … … 51,756 15,400 27.5
1953–54 … … … … … 51,653 15,900 27.9
1954–55 … … … … … 50,533 16,550 25.2
1955–56 … … … … … 51,493 16,300 24.7
1956–57 … … … … … 51,466 17,100 22.5
1957–58 … … … … … 52,214 17,350 21.9
1958–59 … … … … … 52,981 17,690 21.3
1959–60 … … … … … 56,043 18,370 23.4
1960–61 … … … … … 58,168 19,250 22.2
1961–62 … … … … … 57,253 19,850 19.4
1962–63 … … … … … 59,769 20,130 19.9
1963–64 … … … … … 58,022 17,810 19.8
1964–65 … … … … … 57,708 18,490 17.6
1965–66 … … … … … 59,518 19,330 15.3
1966–67 … … … … … 62,700 19,690 18.0
1967–68 … … … … … 65,714 20,010 16.2
1968–69 … … … … … 65,468 20,720 14.3
1969–70 … … … … … 69,275 20,570 13.4
1970–71 … … … … … 71,844 20,040 12.0
1971–72 … … … … … 76,792 19,680 11.3
1972–73 … … … … … 75,680 18,930 11.1
1973–74 … … … … … 77,105 19,810 10.4
1974–75 … … … … … 80,432 20,530 7.7
1975–76 … … … … … 82,933 20,920 5.5
1976–77 … … … … … 84,572 21,170* 5.0
1977–78 … … … … … 85,329 20,410* 4.9
* Provisional.

Notes to column headings

1. These are the total number of staff in post on 1st April each year including temporary staff. They include staff, particularly in the valuation offices, who are not normally concerned with the assessment and collection of direct taxes.

2. These are the numbers paying income tax, married couples being counted as one.

3. Surtax is included in "income tax". Income tax is now primarily a tax on the income of individuals, but until corporation tax was introduced by the Finance Act 1965 it included tax on the income of corporate bodies; from 1973–74 income tax excludes tax credits on individuals corresponding to advance corporation tax payments made by companies.