§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Inland Revenue and Her Majesty's Customs and Excise inform other Government Departments when a potential supplier has poor compliance in tax affairs. [143885]
§ Dawn PrimaroloHM Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue only inform other Government Departments when a potential supplier has poor compliance in tax affairs in very exceptional circumstances. Such disclosures will only be made where statute permits, or otherwise, is justifiable on public interest grounds and will be confined to a general description of the potential supplier's compliance status and will not contain any detail.