HC Deb 14 February 2002 vol 380 cc579-80W
Mr. Hoban

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2002,Official Report, column 695W, if he will make a statement on the changes in staff employed by the Inland Revenue. [36103]

Dawn Primarolo

The reasons for the staffing changes in the Inland Revenue shown in the answer of 4 February 2002,Official Report, column 695W, for the period 1 January 1999 to 1 January 2000 were:

  1. 1. On 1 April 1999, 8,400 staff joined the department from the Contributions Agency.
  2. 2. On 1 October 1999, 3,700 staff joined the department from the Benefits Agency.
  3. 3. The further increase of around 245 was due to increases in work loads.