HC Deb 10 February 1983 vol 36 cc435-6W
Mr. Woolmer

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in view of the changes proposed in the report of the review of the collection service, he will consider mounting a short experiment to monitor the number of occasions between 18 February and 5 March when the collection offices at (a) Taunton and (b) Huddersfield contact

(a) for the cost of the Civil Service 1981–82 and (b) the average cost for each civil servant; and if he will break down the average cost for each civil servant into pay, national insurance, superannuation and other costs such as office space, heating, lighting, car allowance, travel allowance, and so on.

Mr. Hayhoe

I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 19 November 1982—[Vol. 32, c.296.] Later figures for 1981–82 are not yet available. I shall write to my hon. Friend when the figures become available in about three months time.