§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Prime Minister which Government Departments employ officials charged with monitoring and investigating international financial transactions conducted in the United Kingdom; and how many are employed in this field in each Department.
§ The Prime MinisterA number of Government Departments have some degree of responsibility for monitoring and investigating international financial transactions carried out in the United Kingdom. Among these are the Inland Revenue, Customs and Excise, the Department of Trade, the Export Credits Guarantee Department, the Central Statistical Office, Her Majesty's Treasury and, as an agent for the Treasury, the Bank of England. I am afraid that the numbers of officials involved in each Department could be determined only at disproportionate cost.