HC Deb 25 July 1989 vol 157 c638W
Mr. Lester

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the cost of administering income tax.

Mr. Norman Lamont

[holding answer 19 July 1989]: The total cost of administering income tax for the financial year 1987–88, the last year for which this figure is available, was £931.5 million.