[holding answer 4 December 2007]: The numbers of staff employed by HM Revenue and Customs in each Government Office Region at the relevant dates are shown in the following table.
At 1 April 2005 SCS Grade 6 Grade 7 SEO HEO EO AO AA Total East of England 14 58 133 538 1,186 2,070 2,231 1,262 7,492 East Midlands 12 73 176 332 748 1,377 1,659 974 5,351 London 267 556 786 1,090 2,693 3,742 2,585 1,112 12,831 North East 5 37 112 313 912 2,537 7,690 2,854 14,460 Northern Ireland 2 15 37 92 300 762 1,082 403 2,693 North West 39 144 294 619 1,774 3,796 6,814 2,473 15,953 Scotland 17 67 153 252 908 2,410 5,204 1,703 10,714 South East 6 57 179 398 1,597 3,694 3,632 1,446 11,009 South West 5 45 127 161 665 1,427 1,749 939 5,118 Wales 2 18 56 115 490 1,219 2,191 913 5,004 West Midlands 17 103 217 339 939 1,686 2,053 1,065 6,419 Yorkshire and The Humber 12 49 146 274 851 1,848 2,731 1,381 7,292 Unreported and elsewhere 3 3 8 10 42 146 95 27 334 Total 40, 1,225 2,424 4,533 13,105 26,714 39,716 16,552 104,670 At 1 October 2007 East of England 8 40 116 400 1,048 1,814 1,857 865 6,148 East Midlands 16 67 162 281 668 1,162 1,435 733 4,524 London 271 524 757 948 2,152 2,872 2,114 845 10,483 North East 7 36 114 280 772 2,217 7,152 2,670 13,248 Northern Ireland 3 11 39 87 280 677 1,021 275 2,393 North West 35 135 341 582 1,640 3,302 6,831 2,103 14,969 Scotland 17 55 140 230 830 2,310 6,008 1,271 10,861 South East 7 43 160 339 1,359 3,052 2,864 995 8,819 South West 8 42 123 133 570 1,166 1,589 678 4,309 Wales 1 15 46 106 451 1,082 2,158 773 4,632 West Midlands 17 99 199 282 812 1,412 1,854 779 5,454 Yorkshire and The Humber 12 42 141 237 733 1,538 2,449 1,012 6,164 Unreported and elsewhere 1 0 1 4 19 116 78 8 227 Total 403 1,109 2,339 3,909 11,334 22,720 37,410 13,007 92,231