Tax Collection (Hansard, 20 January 1983)

§ Mr. Woolmer

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what surveys the Inland Revenue has carried out since 1977 which have measured or assessed the number of visits made to collection offices by the public; and what conclusions or assessments have been made of the total of such visits to all collection offices in the United Kingdom;

(2) how many calls were made by the public to the Inland Revenue collection office in (a) Preston, (b) Coleraine, (c) Gloucester, (d) Wigan, (e) Darlington, (f) Taunton, (g) Halifax, (h) Huddersfield, (i) Kettering, (j) Guildford, (k) Pontypridd, (l) Dumfries and (M) Leeds C in each of the years ended on the last Friday in October 1980, 1981 and 1982;

(3) in respect of (a) the Taunton and (b) Huddersfield Inland Revenue collection offices, how many employers there are who pay (i) between £3,500 and £15,000, and (ii) over £15,000 pay-as-you-earn and national insurance contributions per month;

(4) for (a) the Taunton and (b) the Huddersfield Inland Revenue collection offices and in respect of employers paying (i) between £3,500 and £15,000 and (ii) more than £15,000 pay-as-you-earn tax and national insurance contributions per month, how many were contacted by the collection offices in regard to payment of pay-as-you-earn and national insurance contributions in November 1982; and how that contact was divided between (a) personal contact, (b) telephone, (c) written and (d) other forms of contact;

(5) what were the total receipts, including pay-as-you-earn, national insurance contributions, schedule D, corporation tax, capital gains tax and others, during the year ended Friday 29 October 1982, in respect of the area covered by the Huddersfield office, including amounts paid by employers to accounts office, Cumbernauld, whose remitting point was located in the area covered by the Huddersfield office;

(6) what were the total receipts, including pay-as-you-earn, national insurance contributions, schedule D, corporation tax, capital gains tax and others, during the year ended Friday 29 October 1982, in respect of the area covered by the Taunton office, including amounts paid by employers to accounts office, Shipley, whose remitting point was located in the area covered by the Taunton office;

(7) how many visits were made for whatever purpose by (a) the Huddersfield and (b) the Taunton Inland Revenue collection offices in the years ended on the last Friday in October 1980, 1981 and 1982;

(8) how many employers there are within the catchment area of the Huddersfield collector of taxes who are classified as paying pay-as-you-earn and national insurance contributions in the ranges (a) over £15,000 per month, (b) between £3,500 and £15,000 per month, (c) between £500 and £3,500 per month and (d) between £100 and £500 per month; for each category how many 182W employers have not paid sums due for two or more months at the latest available date; and what sums are outsanding in each category.