§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individuals were the subject of(a) civil penalties as provided in the Taxes Act and (b) other prosecutions for fraudulent tax claims over the last five years.
§ Mr. MaudeThe numbers of individuals taxpayers and partnerships subject to civil penalties as provided in the Taxes Acts during the last two years were as follows:
Number 1989–90 36,642 1990–91 34,327 Comparable figures for earlier years are not available.
The numbers of successful prosecutions for false accounts or returns of income, and false claims to personal allowances, deductions for expenses or repayments, during the last five years, were as follows:
Number 1986–87 20 1987–88 15 1988–89 12 1989–90 14 1990–91 14