§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the annual income from(a) fees (b) charges and (c) fines; what was the total number of staff employed (i) part time and (ii) full time; and what contribution his Department has made towards the annual running costs in 17W each of the past three years in respect of (1) the Inland Revenue, (2) Customs and Excise and (3) the Central Statistical Office. [2742]
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 28 November 1995]: The information is set out in the table.
1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Inland Revenue1 Annual income from (a) fees and charges pound million 303 296 288 (b) fines2 Number of staff employed3 (i) part-time 9,126 9,569 9,438 (ii) full-time 64,337 61,595 57,686 Annual running costs4 pound million 1,766 1,823 1,816 Customs and Excise Annual income from (a) fees and charges pound million 5 2 2 (b) fines5 pound million 162 130 113 Number of staff employed3 (i) part-time 1,358 1,556 1,570 (ii) full-time 24,967 25,112 23,803 Annual running costs4 pound million 738 735 745 Central Statistical Office Annual income from (a) fees and charges pound million 1 2 2 (b) fines — — — Number of staff employed3 (i) part-time 98 125 130 (ii) full-time 1,110 1,205 1,197 Annual running costs4 pound million 43 44 48 1Includes the Valuation Office agency. 2Not applicable. Penalties are part of overall tax revenues. 3As at 1 April. 4Gross running costs. 5Covers fines and penalties.