§ Dr. Mawhinneyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Customs and Excise employees involved on value added tax work have been subject to disciplinary procedures in each of the last 10 years (a) nationally, (b) in the Halifax office and (c) in the Peterborough office.
§ Mr. Brooke[pursuant to the reply, 18 November 1985, c. 92]: Over the past 10 years, 222 Customs and Excise staff employed on value added tax work have been subject to disciplinary procedures for matters sufficiently serious to warrant report to headquarters. The numbers in each year are:
Numbers 1975 13 1976 35 1977 20 1978 18 1979 18 1980 21 1981 21 1982 21 1983 21 1984 20 *1985 14 * To date. Four of these were employed in the Halifax VAT office, one case in each of the years 1976, 1979, 1980 and 1981, and two at Peterborough, both cases in 1979.