HC Deb 30 July 1981 vol 9 c505W
Mr. Bradford

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much pay-as-you-earn income tax was written off as an unrecovered debt in the accounting year ending 31 October 1980.

Mr. Peter Rees

[pursuant to his reply, 28 July 1981]: The total amount of pay-as-you-earn income tax remitted or written off as irrecoverable in the year ending 31 October 1980 is estimated at £11.9 million.