§ Mr. Michael Brownasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish figures showing the total staff of the Inland Revenue and Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in each of the past 10 years and in 1965, 1960, 1955, 1950 and 1945.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe figures are given in the table below:
Year Inland Revenue Customs and Excise 1945 35,745 9,634 1950 49,759 14,236 1955 50,533 14,932 1960 56,043 15,338 1965 57,708 16,148 1971 71,844 17,949 1972 76,792 18,607 1973 75,680 23,464 1974 77,105 25,047 1975 80,432 28,598 1976 82,926 29,551 1977 84,572 29,389 1978 85,329 28,820 1979 85,503 28,871 1980 78,557 17,267 These are the numbers of total staff at 1 April in each of the years quoted including staff serving on short-term engagements.