HC Deb 29 March 2004 vol 419 c1238W
Mr. Letwin

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the administration costs have been, in each of the last five years, of collecting unpaid taxes. [R] [149810]

Dawn Primarolo

For years up to and including 2001–02, details of the duties collected by the Department and the associated costs of administering those duties can be found in Table 1 at Appendix 1 of the Inland Revenue Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2002 (published in December 2002).

For 2002–03, comparative figures are:

£million
Net receipt of Inland Revenue duties 219,194.8
Total cost of administering Inland Revenue duties 2,431.9