§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 25 October 2001,Official Report, column 374W, on international tax recoveries, if the two recoveries of over £100 million were from companies linked as sisters or subsidiaries; if they were over £200 million; and what the largest sum recovered was. [15135]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 20 November 2001]: The two cases involving recoveries in excess of £100 million in the year 2000 are unrelated. The amount recovered from each taxpayer exceeded £200 million. Because of the Inland Revenue's duty to maintain taxpayer confidentiality it is not possible to disclose precisely how much was recovered from any single taxpayer.