§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many trained Inland Revenue tax inspectors were working for the Inland Revenue in each year since 1979; and how many were working in the areas of(a) capital gains tax, (b) schedule D tax, (c) corporation tax, (d) PAYE and (e) national insurance contributions in each year.
§ Mr. DorrellExcluding inspectors employed on central administration and in specialist offices, the table sets out the total numbers of Inland Revenue staff in the Department's inspector grades working within its network of local offices for each year since 1978–79 and how many were working in the areas of(a) capital gains tax, (b) schedule D tax, (c) corporation tax, and (d) schedule E tax in each year. Under (d) figures have been provided for schedule E tax rather than PAYE, as PAYE is simply a mechanism for collecting schedule E tax. Inspector resource usage on national insurance contribution work is incidental to mainstream tax work. It is not separately recorded.
Year Total Capital gains Schedule D tax Corporation tax Schedule E tax 1978–79 5,651 343 2,858 1,397 1,054 1979–80 5,654 343 2,860 1,397 1,054 1980–81 5,553 337 2,808 1,372 1,035 1981–82 5,421 329 2,742 1,340 1,011 1982–83 5,381 326 2,721 1,330 1,003 1983–84 5,497 333 2,780 1,358 1,025 1984–85 5,377 326 2,719 1,329 1,003 1985–86 5,440 330 2,751 1,344 1,014 1986–87 5,587 339 2,826 1,381 1,042 1987–88 5,788 351 2,927 1,430 1,079 1988–89 6,144 356 3,154 1,511 1,123
Grade 3 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Total Staff (all grades) 1 April 1989 Railways 1 1 3 0 9 40 Railways 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 April 1990 Railways 1 1 4 2 10 47 Railways 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 April 1991 Railways 1 1 4 1 12 54 Railways 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 April 1992 Railways 1 1 5 1 13 54 Railways 2 1 3 0 4 43 1 April 1993 Railways 1 1 4 1 11 57 Railways 2 1 5 0 10 47 Staff at grade 1, the permanent secretary, and grade 2, deputy secretary, have wider responsibilities which go beyond the Railways Directorate.