§ Mr. Maddenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the latest estimate of total taxes unrecoverable from British taxpayers leaving the United Kingdom without settling their tax arreas; and how many British citizens are involved.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI regret that the information is not available in the form requested. However in the accounting year ending in October 1975, tax amounting to £2,406,153 was written off as irrecoverable in cases where the taxpayer was known to have gone abroad. It is not known how many of these defaulting taxpayers were British citizens.