§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what revenues have been recovered by the Inland Revenue's special investigation section in each of the last five fiscal years; and if he will make a statement. [74799]
§ Dawn PrimaroloSpecial Investigations Section ("SIS") is the Inland Revenue's specialist unit that seeks to tackle tax avoidance. The nature of the compliance work undertaken by SIS is such that the yield can vary significantly from one year to the next. The yield for the last 5 years is as follows;
Year ended 31 March 1998 £109.3 million Year ended 31 March 1999 £171.5 million Year ended 31 March 2000 £111.7 million Year ended 31 March 2001 £66 million Year ended 31 March 2002 £90.4 million The yield for the first 6 months of the current year is already greater than that achieved for last year.