§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pay-slip booklets for the 12-month period commencing April 2001 were re-issued by the Inland Revenue; for what reason the re-issue was necessary; and what the total cost of re-issuing the booklets was. [157896]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe Inland Revenue issues approximately 1.3 million pay-slip booklets during February/March each year to all employers, for their use in making payment in the year commencing on the following 6 April. Thereafter, the IR issues booklets 525W weekly to new employers and to those employers who have requested a re-issue due to loss, eg because of change of address or damage. Re-issues are not counted separately from new cases but the average weekly issue of 100 since the bulk issue does not suggest re-issues are occurring on a wide scale for a particular reason.