§ Mr. LetwinTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in implementing 2.5 per cent. per year efficiency gains since the 2004 Budget Statement. [168601]
§ Mr. BoatengI refer the right hon. Gentleman to my answer to him of 1 April 2004, fficial Report, column 1677W, which gave more specifics of reductions in the tax—and in particular that of the 14,000 job reductions by 2007–08, 8,000 will be made by Inland Revenue, 3,000 by HM Customs and Excise and 3,000 will result from the merger.