asked the Chancellor of the the Exchequer whether the Inland Revenue has yet reached its decision on the appropriate level of staffing of the Development Land Tax Office; what figure has been decided upon; by how much the work load has increased so as to justify setting aside the recommendation of the Revenue's staffing survey report last November that the complement should be reduced from about 150 to below 120; and whether he will make a statement.

I will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will bring up to date the table of staff in post at the Development Land Tax Office set out in the Minister of State's reply to the hon. Member for Melton, Official Report, 2nd March 1978, column 351.

At 1st November 1978 the staff in post in the Development Land Tax Office numbered 157, constituted as in the table below—