§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many customers have attended in person to pay VAT and related taxes on the last date for payment in each of the last 12 months at Griffin house VAT and excise office, Hammersmith. [23659]
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryOne hundred and twenty-eight customers have attended in person to pay taxes on the last date for payment during the year to February 1996. The number of customers attending in each month are:
Number 31 March 1995 23 28 April 1995 8 31 May 1995 4 30 June 1995 4 31 July 1995 15 31 August 1995 18 29 September 1995 14 31 October 1995 3 30 November 1995 3 29 December 1995 10 31 January 1996 9 29 February 1996 17 128 In addition, 571 envelopes were deposited for onward transmission to the Department's accounting centre in Southend, and it is fair to assume that a significant proportion of these would have included payments.