§ Baroness Massey of Darwenasked Her Majesty's Government:
What are their proposals for the amalgamations of divisions of the General Commissioners of Income Tax in Buckinghamshire, Dorset and West Sussex. [HL1843]
§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)On 21 February 2003 I made an order under Section 2(6) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 amalgamating a number of divisions in Buckinghamshire, Dorset and West Sussex as follows.
From 1 March 2003, the Amersham and High Wycombe divisions shall be merged into a new division to be called the South Buckinghamshire division. The divisions of Blandford and Wareham; New Forest West; Poole and Wimbourne shall be merged into one new division to be called the Wessex division. That order also gives effect from 1 April 2003 to the merger of Chichester; Worthing and Shoreham into one new division to be called West Sussex, Western division and the divisions of East Grinstead, Horsham and Haywards Heath to be merged into a new division to be called West Sussex, Northern division.
All the amalgamations were made at the request of the General Commissioners in all the divisions with the aim of improving the organisational efficiency of the divisions concerned. I have placed a copy of the order amalgamating the divisions in the Library of this House.