§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of evasion of payments of(a) income tax and (b) other tax have been discovered in each of the last five years; and what has been the value of the revenue recovered in both categories. [37922]
§ Mr. JackThe information requested for taxes administered by the Inland Revenue is as follows:738W
Year Income tax investigations Other investigations Yield from counter-evasion work (£ million) 1989–90 57,997 12,551 933 1990–91 61,755 13,219 1,091 1991–92 59,993 14,421 1,324 1992–93 55,611 12,952 1,361 1993–94 58,420 12,200 1,295 1994–95 57,701 10,643 1,378 The figure of yield for 1994–95 cannot be compiled on a basis exactly comparable with earlier years, owing to a change in the way these figures are maintained. Unlike previous years, it includes the yield from all employer compliance work.