HC Deb 26 November 1987 vol 123 c298W
61. Mr. Skinner

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Inland Revenue staff specialise in the assessment of sovereign debt problems; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Norman Lamont

About 20 senior Inland Revenue officials (with supporting staff) are engaged, among their other duties, in establishing deductions legally due in respect of sovereign debts in computing taxable profits of banks.