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Mr. Onslow
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what were the wage costs of the Inland Revenue in each of the past six years.
Mr. Robert Sheldon
The wage costs of the Inland Revenue Department from 1971–72 onwards, including employer's national insurance and overtime but excluding the remuneration of clerks to commissioners, have been as follows:
| £m | |
| 1971–72 | 126 |
| 1972–73 | 133 |
| 1973–74 | 147 |
| 1974–75 | 193 |
| 1975–76 | 263 |
| 1976–77 | 292 |