§ Mr. Parrisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made since the announcement in April of the Inland Revenue's outline scheme for reorganisation of the local offices of the inspector of taxes.
§ Mr. John MooreThe Department has taken full account of all the representations made since the outline scheme was announced and of discussions with the unions involved and has now drawn up final plans for the local office network. These involve the closure over the remainder of the decade of 164 offices out of a total of 765. There will be significant savings in administrative and accommodation costs. A full note of the revised plans is being placed in the House of Commons Library today.