§ Miss Richardsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many extra civil servants will be required in (a) the Inland Revenue, (b) the Department of Employment and (c) the Department of Health and Social Security to administer the taxation of benefits paid to the unemployed and those involved in trade disputes as proposed in section 27 of the Finance Bill.
§ Mr. Peter ReesOn the assumptions set out in the answer which I gave on 14 May—[Vol. 4, c.316]—to the hon. Member's question about the revenue yield From these measures, and depending also on the detailed procedures adopted at the time they would come into effect and the rate at which claimants would go on to and come off the unemployment register, it is estimated that between 3,500 and 4,000 extra civil servants could be needed, of whom probably just over half would be in the Inland Revenue, most of the remainder in the Department of Employment and the balance in DHSS and DHSS (NI). Only a small proportion of the total staff cost is required to administer the taxation of benefits paid to dependents of those involved in trade disputes.