§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Customs and Excise investigations there have been during each of the last five years, and this year to date into the VAT returns made by(a) the Conservative research department and (b) the Labour research department. [23130]
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryUnder Customs care and management of the tax and their duty of confidentiality, it is not the policy of the Department to divulge information of this kind relating to individual registered entities.